EI2S-AK LÖNNBERG, ON THE HARNESSED ANTELOPES. 3 



t ha 11 the typical scriptus, the adult male of which, according.to 

 »Book of Antelopes» has a height of about 28 inches, or about 

 71 cmJ 



The young males are similar but not quite so rich and 

 dark red, especially on the neck and with the white markings 

 better developed, especially the transverse stripes. In one 

 the upper longitudinal stripe appears as a real stripe. The 

 white markings ha ve a somewhat yellowish tint. Some of the 

 hairs of the posterior part of the dorsal crest are tipped with 

 white. On the hindJegs the white stripe extends downwards 

 to the lateral hoofs. The före legs are blackest in the youn- 

 gest, but with no more white than in the adult, thus much 

 less than in the typical scriptus. The tails have less white 

 than in the adult. 



The feynales are lighter red and without any black on 

 the body. except the black dorsal crest which is well deve- 

 loped, but not extending so far forward on the neck. The 

 (8- )9 transverse white stripes are better developed than in 

 the adult male, and the upper longitudinal stripe is short 

 but continuous. The forelegs have a black stripe in front, 

 extending downwards from above the knee. At the knee is 

 a white spöt on the outside, and on the inside a white band 

 extends from the knee to the hoofs. On the hindlegs the white 

 stripe extends all the way downwards and joins on the inner 

 side the white spöt above the hoofs. There is no black 

 mark on the hindlegs, ^cept a small spöt above the white 

 a t the hoofs. Chest and belly reddish yellow. 



Of the other race, or subspecies, which might be identical 

 with the typical scriptus, or at least more nearly related to the 

 same, I have onl}^ seen female skins from the Cameroons. 

 With regard to the colour they resemble the females of 

 hmtsoni, but are still lighter on the under parts which are 

 tending to yellowish white. The neck looks greyish brown 

 because the hairs are there so short and sparsely set all över. 

 that the skin is visible everywhere between them. Along 

 the mesial line-of the neck the hairs are still shorter and 

 reverted. The black dorsal stripe begins at the withers and 

 is quite narrow, but the hairs are somewhat prolonged so that 

 a crest is formed although not so strongly developed, The 



^ The first specimen of the present subspecies which was shot by 'Siv. 

 KxuTSON in Jan. 18S4 was a back, which weighed 85 kilo. 



