_Hippotragus niger_, =Sund.= Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, p. 197 (1846); =id.= Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 148; Reprint, p. 72 (1848); =Hengl.= Ant. u. Büff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) p. 16 (1863) (Shilluk Co.); =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1868, p. 218; =Buckley=, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 288; =Bocage=, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 745 (Mossamedes); =Brehm=, Thierl. iii. p. 227 (1880); =Selous=, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 756; id. Hunter’s Wanderings, p. 214 (1881); =Scl.= List Anim. Z. S. (8) p. 139 (1883), (9) p. 158 (1896); =Flow. & Gars.= Cat. Coll. Surg. ii. p. 263 (1884); =Johnston=, Kilimanjaro, p. 354; =Crawshay=, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 660 (Nyasa); =Bocage=, J. Sci. Lisb. (2) ii. p. 26 (1890) (Mossamedes); =Flow. & Lyd.= Mamm. p. 343 (1891); =Ward=, Horn Meas. (1) p. 137 (1892), (2) p. 178 (1896); =Nicolls & Egl.= Sportsm. S. Afr. p. 50 (1892); =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504 (Zomba); =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p. 245 (1893); =Lugard=, E. Afr. i. p. 533 (1893); =Jackson=, in Badm. Big Game Shooting, i. pp. 285 & 293 (1894); =Lorenz=, Ann. Mus. Wien, ix., Notizen, p. 62 (1894); =Rendall=, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 362 (Transvaal); =Matsch.= Säug. DeutschO.-Afr. p. 134 (1895); =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1896, p. 506 (Zomba); =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1896, p. 797 (Nyasaland); id. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 939 (Zomba); =Troness.= Cat. Mamm. fasc. iv. p. 952 (1898). _Aegoceros niger_, var. _kirkii_, =Gray=, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 35 (1872) (Zambesia). _Ozanna nigra_, =Brehm=, Thierl. iii. p. 227 (1880). _Aigocerus harrisi_, =Harris=, Wild Sports of S. Africa, (ed. 1) pp. 261 & 378 (1839). Vernacular Names:—_Sable Antelope_ or _Harris_-_buck_ of English; _Zwart Wit Pens_ of Dutch; _Potoquane_ of Southern Bechuanas; _Qualata inchu_ of Bamangwatos and Makalolos; _Umtjiele_ of Matabilis; _Pala_-_Pala_ of Makalakas; _Impengo_ of Masubias; _Ookwa_ of Makubas; _Sulvpe_ of Masaras (_Selous_). _Inguarato_ and _Marabulla_ of Mashoonas (_Darling_). _Mbarapi_ of Ajawa; _Mpala_-_Mpala_ of Anyanja, Angonis, and other Nyasa races (_Crawshay_). _Palla_-_Halla_ in Swahili (_Matschie_). Size rather less than in the Roan Antelope; adult male about 52 inches at the withers. General colour a rich glossy black, at least in adult males, only relieved by the white of the face-markings, of the inner surface of the ear, and of the belly. Centre line of face black, outside which there is a white streak reaching from the bases of the horns to the muzzle, succeeded again on the cheeks by a black band. Lips and region of lower jaw white. Ears of ordinary length, their tips not pencilled. Mane well developed, the hairs directed backward. A throat-mane present. Belly and back of hams sharply defined white. Limbs black, the inner sides of the thighs white. Whole of tail black. Skull-dimensions of an adult male from Nyasaland:—Basal length 15·7 inches, greatest breadth 6·55, muzzle to orbit 11.