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Show 954 CAPT. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Dec. 18, grand beasts, they looked very black in colour; and on the 20th of April some of our party came on a large herd between Jebel Ahmed Agar and Long Tom. BUBALIS sp. inc. There is not yet enough material collected to ascertain the proper specific name of the Hartebeest of this region ; the specimens I have seen seemed to me to be probably B. jacksoni. A few Hartebeests were met with some miles north of Eenk, and also on the Bahr-el-Ghazal; they were usually among herds of Damaliscus tiang. DAMALISCUS TIANO (Heuglin). This Antelope was met with, frequently in large herds, on the White Nile from about a day's steaming to the south of Jebel Ain to near Lake No, and also on the Zeraf and Ghazal rivers. Major Gwynn, D.S.O., E.E., told me he saw the Tiang on the Sobat 70 or 80 miles from its joining the White Nile, but none on the Upper Sobat. The horns of different individuals vary very little in length, the largest male horns I have noted were 19f inches along their front curve. COBUS DEFASSA (Eiipp.). This Waterbuck was met with along the White Nile to the south of Jebel Ain, and on the Zeraf and Ghazal rivers. COBUS LEUCOTIS (Licht. et Pet.). The White-eared Kob was met with along the White Nile from some distance north of Jebel Ahmed Agar southwards to Lake No, and on the Zeraf and Ghazal rivers; it also occurs on the Sobat. Often seen in large herds : the old bucks have beautiful glossy black backs; the young bucks are reddish like the does. COBUS THOMASI Neumann. Captain E. M . Sanders, Worcestershire Eegt., showred me the skin, skull, and horns of an Antelope he bad shot, early this year, between Jebel Ain and Eenk, which exactly agrees with the description of this species in the ' Book of Antelopes ' (ii. p. 131, pi. xxxix.). COBUS MARIA Gray. Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck was only seen ou six different days, on the Bahr-el-Jebel, Bahr-el-Ghazal, and on the White Nile between Lake No and the mouth of the Bahr-el-Zeraf; usually in very small herds, twenty wras the largest number of individuals seen together. W e met with this species only in swampy land, intersected by khors full of water, that a man cannot get about in without risk of being bogged or attacked by crocodiles. The wide |
