. The book of antelopes . anal disk is white, separated on the dorsal line bythe dark medial streak which passes into the short black bushy tail. Thewhole length of the flat skin in the present example is about 56 inches, thelength of the tail about 15 inches. Horns hardly distinguishable from those of C. ellipsiprymnus. Those oftype 24 inches in length along the curve, and strongly ringed to near theirextremities, which are about 11 5 inches apart. Hah. District of Lake Mweru in British Central Africa. Mr. Alfred Sharpe, , Vice-Consul in Southern Nyasaland,has twice made expedi
. The book of antelopes . anal disk is white, separated on the dorsal line bythe dark medial streak which passes into the short black bushy tail. Thewhole length of the flat skin in the present example is about 56 inches, thelength of the tail about 15 inches. Horns hardly distinguishable from those of C. ellipsiprymnus. Those oftype 24 inches in length along the curve, and strongly ringed to near theirextremities, which are about 11 5 inches apart. Hah. District of Lake Mweru in British Central Africa. Mr. Alfred Sharpe, , Vice-Consul in Southern Nyasaland,has twice made expeditions into the little-known district of Lake Mweru,which lies about 100 miles west of the south end of Lake Tanganyika. On 110 his second journey in 1892, of which he has given an excellent account inthe Geographical Journal for 1893 *, Mr. Sharpe first encountered specimensof this Waterbuck, of which he sent to Sclater the following particulars:— The first time I saw this Waterbuck I was close to Lake Mweru on Fig. Skull and horns of Cohus craivsluiyi.( 1893, p. 727.) my second journey there (Sept. 1892). I was only one days march fromCrawshays Station \ on the Lake, in a piece of rather dense bush, when myboys pointed out some beasts to me. From their bluish colour 1 thought atfirst they were bufialoes, but, on approaching nearer, I saw that they hadthe horns and general appearance of the Waterbuck [Cohus ellipsiprymnus) socommon in Nyasaland. They were, however, not the Common Waterbuck,as, besides being much darker, they had no white ring on their I could get a shot, however, they were away. * A Journey from the Shire Eiver to Lake Mweru and the Upper Luapula, Geogr. p. 524. t Rhodesia, at the extreme corner of Lake Mweru, 8° 39 28 S. lat. See i. p. 527. Ill On reaching Crawshays bouse at Ehodesia on the following day, one ofthe first things he said to me was, Now I am going to tell you about a newbeast that I hav
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