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1863. Baldwin, William Charles : African hunting from Natal to the 

 Zambesi, including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, etc., from 1852 

 to i860. New York, 1863, pp. 123, 343. 



Occurrence of white rhinoceros in Amatongoland and Marico in 1856-7. 



1863. Speke, John Hanning : Journal of the discovery of the source of the 



Nile, Edinburgh and London, T863, pp. 197, 229. 



Mentions white rhinoceros seen in Karague; figure of head, p. 229. Figure 

 clearly that of black rhinoceros and showing characteristic pointed upper lip; 

 description refers to the black species, no other being known in the district. 



1864. Baines, Thomas : Explorations in South-west Africa, London, 1864, pp. 



394-396. 



Description and measurements of a white rhinoceros killed near Lake Ngami. 



1867. Gray, J. E. : Observations on the preserved specimens and skeletons of 



the Rhino cero tides in the collection of the British Museum and 

 Royal College of Surgeons, including the descriptions of three new 

 species. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1867, pp. 1003-1032. 



Name Ceratotherium proposed for the genus of which Rhinoceros simus is the type. 



1868. Chapman, James : Travels in the interior of South Africa, London, 



1868, Vol. 1, pp. 170-171. 



Text figure of Rhinoceros simus, p. 17 t. 



1872. Grant, J. A. : Summary of observations on the geography, climate and 

 natural history of the Lake Region of Equatorial Africa, made by 

 the Speke and Grant Expedition, 1860-63. 

 Journ. Roy. Geogr. Soc, Vol. 42, London, 1871, pp. 243-342. 



White rhinoceros from Karagweh recorded, p. 328. (Description refers to the 

 black rhinoceros and is based on Speke's record.) 



1876. Buckley, T. E. : On the past and present geographical distribution of 

 the large mammals of South Africa. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, pp. 277-293. 



Description of white rhinoceros, pp. 280-281; distribution, p. 291. 



1876. Drummond, W. H. : On the African rhinoceroses. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, pp. 109-114. 



Describes the white rhinoceros and gives its distribution. 



1876. Flower, William Henry: On some cranial and dental characters of 

 the existing species of rhinoceroses. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, pp. 443-457- 



Description of Rhinoceros simus, pp. 456-457. 



1881. Selous, Frederick Courtney: A hunter's wanderings in Africa, Lon- 

 don, 1881, pp. 81-82. 



Occurrence of the white rhinoceros in hill country. 



1881. Selous, F. C. : On the South African rhinoceroses. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881, pp. 725-734 pi- 62. 



Distinguishes and describes the two species of rhinoceroses and mentions occur- 

 rence of white species in the Upper Chobe River region. 

 1886. Sclater, P. L. : Note on the external characters of Rhinoceros simus. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1886, pp. 143-144. pi- J 6, fig. I. 

 Characters of Rhinoceros simus defined. 



1890. Sclater, P. L. : The white rhinoceros. 



Nature, Vol. 42, London and New York, 1890, pp. 520-521. 

 Refers to Selous' account of extinction of white rhinoceros and gives description 

 of differences in heads of simus and bicornis. 



