Genus CONNOCHÆTES. (Vol. I. p. 93.)
Connochætes taurinus johnstoni.
Connochætes taurinus johnstoni, Scl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 616, pl. xxvii.
Under this subspecific name Sclater has shortly described and figured the local form of the Brindled Gnu that occurs on the plains of the Shiré Highlands, Nyasaland. The difference consists mainly in the generally brownish colour of the body, and the broad whitish band across the face beneath the eyes. The mane is black or blackish as in C. taurinus typicus, not white as in C. albojubatus.
Some good field-notes on the same animal by Mr. R. Crawshay are appended to Sclater’s remarks.