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forehead is concave. It has a bare patch at the root of the ear. circular in form, 

 and on an inferior plane. There is an isolated white patch on the throat and a white 

 ill-defined stripe above the eye. Over the tear-gland there is a slit-like valvular 

 fold of skin, at right angles to the long axis of the head. The legs are light yellow, 

 there arc horny knobs on all the fetlock joints, the hoofs fluted and sharp and 

 annnhited at the base. The tail is black. The horns are smooth, diverge a little, 

 and curve slightly forwards. 



The measurements I have are the following : — 



Nose to tail .... 

 Height at shoulder . 

 Girth of body behind .shoulder 

 Point of shoulder to nose 

 (iirth of neck (middle) . 



,, ., arm .... 

 Length of ear 

 „ „ tail 

 Weight 



J. April ICth, 1890. 



43 inchea. 



21* „ 

 19 



lU ,. 



7' „ 



5 „ 



5 ,. 



■*5 It 

 ,% lbs. 



?. July 3l8t, 189r,. 



■JOi inches ; barrel 



6 inches: thigh 

 (black hairy tuft 2 in.) 



40 inches. 

 21 „ 

 26J „ 

 (not taken). 



7 inches. 

 lot „ 



5 „ 



4i „ 

 3X lbs. 



There is a curious pouch-like invagination of the skin between the base of the 

 hoofs, open anteriorly, and big enough to contain a °577 bullet. The meat is 

 excellent. 



On June 27th, 180.5, one of my boys caught a recently born kid, which uttered 

 a slight treble cr}-. 



A doe shot on October 13th, 1W95, contained a two-months' foetus. 



They were generally seen in pairs on open plains. 



Ki. Common Duiker. Cephalophus grimmi (L.). (B. A. 1. p. 203.) 



{CeplwLlophus grimmi ab. ocidaris.) 



The following details and descriptions are t^ken from my note-books : — 

 Found in wooded parts of Nyassalaad, and does not affect open spaces, usually 

 not more than two together. 



General colour yellowish brown above, fading to white on chest and belly ; the 

 white only extends one-third down the forelegs, and half-way down the hindlegs, on 

 their inner aspects. Forehead convex, rich chestnut-brown with black line down 

 the centre of the face, and long tuft of hair between the horns, which are almost 

 parallel and similar to those of the !S. African form of C.yrimmi. Tail one-tliird black 

 above and two-thirds white below. Feet brownish black. The best measurements 

 I obtained were : — 



(J. December 7th, 1895. 



Nose to tail 36^ inches. 



Height at shoulder .... 20J „ 

 Length of tail . . . 6J „ 

 Girth nf arm 6^ „ 



11. The Pallah. Aepyceros melampus Liclit. (B. A. III. y. 17.) 



It is on the low-lying riverine districts of Nyassaland that I have met with this 

 lovely antelope, from r'hironin on the Lower Shin' River, to tiie Mainni Peninsula 



