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Show 1899.] OF AN ANTELOPE FROM LAKE MWERU. 983 I may now mention another piece of evidence in favour of the relationship of this Cobus smithemani to C. maria. A correspondent of Mr. Rowland Ward writes that iu the neighbourhood of Lake Mweru he has seen an Autelope very like a Situtunga, with similarly elongated hoofs, but with horns more like those of a Lechwi, although longer and slighter. Such a description would admirably fit the present species, if, as I suggest, it be more nearly allied to G. maria than to the Puku. Supposing it to have elongated hoofs, I should not regard such difference as, at the most, of more than subgeneric importance. Skull and horns of Loder's Puku (Cobus vardoni loderi). Before concluding this communication, I may call attention to the skull and horns of a Puku-like Antelope in the collection of Sir E. G. Loder, which I first thought might belong to the same species as the above skin. This skull and horns, of which the locality is unknown, are shown in the accompanying drawing. The |
