140 Zoological Society. 



*** Knees not tufted; ears moderate, acute; horns short, conical, 



thick. 



4. Cephalophus Madoqua. The Abyssinian Bush Buck. 

 Yellowish brown, slightly punctulated with black ; neck yellowish ; 



limbs blacker ; face-streak and feet black ; hair rather rigid, close- 

 pressed, reddish grey at the base, end polished yellow brown, with 

 dark tips ; forehead reddish. 



Antilope Madoqua, Riipp. Abyss, t. 7. f. 2 ; Sundev. — Madoqua, 

 Bruce' s Travels, vii. 360. t. 56. — C. Madoqua, Gray, Knows. Men. 9. 



Inhabits Abyssinia. Mus. Frankfort. 



This species is very distinct from C. coronatus, being darker, and 

 the fur more rigid and close-pressed. 



5. Cephalophus coronatus. The Red-crowned Bush Buck. 



Pale yellowish brown ; middle of back and front of fore-legs varied 

 with a few scattered black hairs ; crown bright bay ; crest blackish 

 brown, bay in front ; feet and streak up the nose blackish ; inside of 

 ears, chin, throat, chest, belly and inner side of legs whitish ; horns 

 short, conical ; ears about half as long as the head, acute. 



Cephalophus coronatus, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, 

 266. 1846, 164 ; Knowsley Menag. 9. t. 6. f. 1, 2. 



Inhabits W. Africa ; Gambia, Macarthy's Island. Mr. Whitfield 

 called it The Coquetoon. Brit. Mus. 



**** Knees not tufted; ears moderate, rounded; horns conical, 

 thick; without any streak over the eyes. 



6. Cephalophus sylvicultrix. The White-backed Bush 



Buck. 



Blackish brown, minutely grisled ; hair brown, with whitish tips ; 

 back with a large yellowish white spot, narrow in front ; throat, chest 

 and belly redder ; crown, nape and legs darker ; horns ? 



Antilope sylvicultrix, Afzelius, N. Act. Upsal. vii. 1238; H.Smith, 

 G. A. K. 1. 187. — C. sylvicultrix, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 10. t. 8. f. 1 . 



Inhabits Sierra Leone, in swampy places. Brit. Mus. 



Varies in the size of the dorsal spot. 



In the British Museum is a young male : length 29 inches ; height 

 18; tarsus 6*9. 



7. Cephalophus Ogilbii. The Black-striped Bush Buck. 

 Pale bay brown, with a deep black dorsal streak ; beneath pale ; 



crown and haunches brighter bay ; neck and withers, and sides of the 

 dorsal line varied with deep brown hairs ; streak up the fore-leg, 

 upper part of hock, feet (above the hoof) and end of tail blackish ; 

 horns short, thick, conical, very rugose on the inner front edges of 

 the base. 



Cephalophus Ogilbii, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842; Knows- 

 ley Menag. 10. t. 8. f. 2 ; Frazer, Zool. Typ. t. . — Antilope Ogilbii, 

 Waterh. P. Z. S. 1838, 60. 1842, 129. 



Inhabits Fernando Po (J. Thompson, Esq.). Brit, Mus. Not half 

 the size of the preceding. 



