. The book of antelopes . saw a pair at Amsterdam in June last. TheZoological Society of London received their first specimen of this Antelope(a male) in June 1890, and a female in May 1891. Both of these animalswere obtained in British East Africa, and were presented to the Society byMr. G. S. Mackenzie, In 189o the pair bred and a young female wasborn in the Menagerie on the 4th May, furnishing, so far as is known, thefirst instance of this animal having reproduced in captivity. The motherand young were figured by Smit in the Societys Proceedings for 1893, andthe figures are repeated
. The book of antelopes . saw a pair at Amsterdam in June last. TheZoological Society of London received their first specimen of this Antelope(a male) in June 1890, and a female in May 1891. Both of these animalswere obtained in British East Africa, and were presented to the Society byMr. G. S. Mackenzie, In 189o the pair bred and a young female wasborn in the Menagerie on the 4th May, furnishing, so far as is known, thefirst instance of this animal having reproduced in captivity. The motherand young were figured by Smit in the Societys Proceedings for 1893, andthe figures are repeated in our Plate XXXII., where a liead of the male ofthe same pair is also introduced in the background. In the British Museum will be found a fine mounted pair of this Antelopefrom Mashonaland [Selous], and a good series of skulls from various localities,amongst which are examples from Nyasaland [Sir H. H. Johnston) and fromthe banks of the Webbe in Somaliland [Swayne). August, 1896. THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES,©an. ^•% ^^. J. Sinit del & litk . The Sing-sing .COBUS UNCTUOSUS Han hart imp . PubUJied 105 Sg. THE SING-SING, COBUS UNCTUOSUS (Laurill.).[PLATE XXXIII.] Cervus sing-sing, Bennett, Rep. Counc. Z. S. L. 1832_, p. 5 (nom. nud.). Antilope sing-sing, Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Z. S. L. p. 41 (1838). Antilope koba, OgUby, Penny Cycl. i. p. 79 (1834) ; id. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 103 [nee ErxL).Antilope unctuosa, Laurillard, Diet. Un. dH. N. i. p. 622 (1847) ; Wagn. Schreb. Stiug. iv. p. 434 (1843).Antilope defassa, var. senegalensis, Wagn. Saug. v. p. 435 (1855).Kolus sing-sing. Gray, List jMamm. B. M. p. 159 (1843).Kobus sing-sing, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 232 (1846) ; id. Knowsl. Men. p. 15 (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 131 ; id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 99 (1852); id. Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 15 (1872); id. Hand-1. Rum. B. M. p. 87 (1873); Garrard, Cat. Bones, p. sing-sing, Scl. Cat. Vert. p. 144 (1883).Adenota sing-sing, Fitz. SB. Ak. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 174 (1869
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