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Show 1896.] MAMMALS OF NYASALAND. 797 head and body 635 millim.; tail without hairs 25; ear-opening (in wet state) 87 X 60. Horns, length anteriorly 31; basal circumference 39. Type. B.M. No. 96.10.26.3. This very beautiful little Antelope forms an interesting connecting link between the Grysbok and the Steinbok, which it has been sometimes thought might be placed in different genera, owing to their difference in hoof-structure. In the latter important respect B. sharpel agrees with the Steinbok, having no supplementary hoofs, but in the presence of the white hairs in its coat it resembles the Grysbok, while its horns are equally different from both its allies. If the type is an adult specimen (and its digital epiphyses are already closed), the horns are shorter in proportion than in any other species of the group, but even if not, their great thickness and conical shape would readily distinguish them from those of any other known species. Mr. Sharpe is to be congratulated on his discovery of this handsome little species, and will, we may hope, soon send home further specimens of it, accompanied by their skulls. 72. KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS, Og. (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504; 1894, p. 145.) 73. KOBUS VARDONI, Livingst. (Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98.) 74. KOBUS SENGANUS, Scl. & Thos. a. Imm. $ . Senga Valley, Upper Loangwa R. Presented by Mr. R. Crawshay. Type of species. This interesting animal, the representative in the Senga Valley of K. vardoni, from which it differs in its smaller size, is fully described in the ' Book of Antelopes ' (ii. p. 145) and only a passing reference to it is here necessary. 75. CERVICAPRA ARUNDINUM, Bodd. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 146.) Lake Mweru (A. Sharpe). The Mweru Reedbuck has a well-marked black patch on the crown between the horns. Similar patches have been noticed by Gray in S. African specimens. 76. iEPYCEROS MELAMPUS JOHNSTONE, Thos. (P. Z. S. 1892, p. 553 ; 1894, p. 145.) 77. HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER, Harr. (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504.) 78. OREAS CANNA, H. Sm. (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504; 1894, p. 145.) |
