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Show 868 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON THOMAS'S ANTELOPE. [Dec. 17, December 17, 1895. Sir W. H. FLOWER, K.C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. Dr. Donaldson Smith gave an account of some of the animals observed by him during his recent expedition to Lakes Eudolph and Stephanie, and alluded specially to the various species of Zebras and Antelopes which he had encountered during his journey. Mr. Donaldson Smith's remarks were as follows:- " Commencing 20 miles east of the Shebeli Eiver, the range of the Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevii) extends about 120 miles to the west; it is limited by the second and the eighth degrees of latitude. On passing the Juba Eiver you find Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli) in great herds among the mountains of the Boran country, but no Grevy's Zebras until Lake Stephanie is reached. Here you find the ranges of the two species overlapping to a slight extent. About Lake Eudolph I met with only Grevy's Zebra. The greatest altitude at which I found it was about 4700 feet. " I did not see Swayne's Hartebeest (Bubalis swaynei) outside the plains of Central Somaliland. " Coke's Hartebeest (Bubalis cokii) occurs on the grassy plateaus north of Lake Stephanie. " About Lake Eudolph the Tope (Damaliscus jimela) is found in great numbers, but no other Hartebeest. I saw one lot of fine Coke's Hartebeest fifty miles north of Lake Eudolph. " About the river running into Lake Stephanie there is a very light reddish-grey Waterbuck (Cobus), of which I have not yet made out the name. I brought back one specimen of it, with horns 2 9 | in. long. It was 51 in. high at the shoulder.1 The hair is not so coarse as in the case of other Waterbueks, and there was no dark line behind. There was also a small reddish-grey Antelope, or allied animal, about this same river; it was 42 in. high and had straight horns, except near the point, where they appeared to have a slight backward curve, the horns were about 13 in. long. This was also seen in the hills near water. " I saw Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti) first in the Boran Country a little west of long. 39° W . They extended as far as lat. 6° N., and were seen in great numbers all along m y route to the Tana Eiver. " Scemmerring's Gazelle (Gazella scemmerringi) I did not see far beyond the Juba Eiver." Mr. Sclater called attention to a very fine head of the so-called "Kob''' Antelope of Kavirondo and Uganda, belonging to Mr. Ernest Gedge, and lent by him for exhibition. Mr. Gedge had shot the Antelope from which this specimen had been taken at Berkely Bay, on Lake Victoria, when returning from Uganda in 1893. In Mr. F. J. Jackson's excellent account of the British East 1 [The specimen, which Dr. Donaldson Smith has kindly allowed me to examine, is referable to Cobus defassa (Eiipp.).-P. L. S.] |