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shot Sudan reedbucks must belong- to the “ Bohor” race, 
and that there also co-existed another species with the 
“double bend.” 
All these self-imposed doubts were promptly closed 
down so soon as we had secured a couple of first-class 
reedbucks of the “double-bend” type, and, incidentally, 
by shooting- (under the misapprehension that we had 
here two species to deal with) one or two others of the 
presumed “Bohor” form. It then became clear that 
the latter were merely immature examples of the former 
Transvaal. Equator—(“ Bohor ”). Sudan. 
Ci5! in* by bin., tips \ 2 \ in.) (gj in. by 6 in., tips 3 in.) (12 in. by4! in., tips 8 in.) 
Horns of Reedbucks— (In my collection). 
—that is, of the typical reedbuck of Sudan, the only 
species we found in that country, and which, when fully 
adult, does develop the double bend, as is admirably 
illustrated in Rowland Ward’s Records of Big; Game , 
6th ed., p. 225. The English name there g-iven, however, 
I venture to reg-ard as misleading-. The animal is quite 
distinct from the “ Bohor” type, and should be called the 
Sudan reedbuck (Cervicapra sudanensis'). The incident 
at least shows how easy it is to be deceived, and how 
necessary to avoid jumping to premature conclusions ere 
ample evidence and a sufficing number of specimens have 
been obtained. 
The biological status of the reedbuck group presents 
a curious evolutionary problem. In Cervicapra we have 
