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2. Cervicapra chauleri sji. nov. 



Tliis new species belongs to tlie group of tlie smaller species of Cerrirnprn, and 

 is nearest to C. hohor, but much the smallest of the genus. Perhaps the most 

 striking difference to the ordinary observer is the central black stripe ruuniug from 

 the nose to between the eyes. Head and neck generally orange butf, as in C. bohor; 

 back, sides of body, upper side of tail, and outer sides of limbs warm bufify grey, 

 instead of being of the same colour as the neck, as in C. bohor and ('. redunca. 

 Belly, underside of tail, and inside of limbs down to the knees white. Just below 

 the knee in front is a dark brown patch. The ears seem to be longer and narrower 

 in proportion than those of C. bohor \ they are sparingly covered on the outside 

 with short hair of the colour of the neck, and inside thickly lined with long white 

 hair. The horns are very much smaller and thinner than those of C. bohor, and 

 much more so, of course, than those of C. reilawa, both of which are much more 

 curved forward. The rings on the horns project much more and are much sharper 

 than in my specimens of C. bohor and C redunca, and are also much more regular. 

 They an' five in number, besides the basal ring. 



The skull is in all its proportions much smaller than that of ('. h<lior, \n\\ the 

 jialatine is, if anj'thiug, longer than in C. bohor. 



Height about 30 inches; hoofs on the bottom line, li inch ; forelegs, 2U ; tail, 

 about 0; ears, 6^; horns along the curve, nearly (i. 



The species is named after Mr. Astor (.'hanler. It was first noticed to differ 

 from its allies by Mr. Rowland Ward, who possesses a flat skin without legs and 

 horns, and he pointed it out to Mr. Astor Chanler, who then procured the type- 

 specimen. The locality, as given to Mr. Ward by Mr. Astor Chanler, is ".Jahubogne 

 Range," Central East Africa, six luuulred miles inland, but I am nnable to find it 

 on my maps. 



The type, an adult male, will be placed in the Smithsonian Insfitntion. 

 Washington. 



