50 STREPSICEKOTTD.'E. 



We received from M. du Chaillii, in 1865, a very bad imperfect 

 skin of this species, which had been preserved in salt, from Gaboon. 

 It differs from the Zambesi specimen in the fur being of a darker 

 eoloiir. The apex of the horn and the inner side of the twist form 

 a straight line. 



4. TRAGELAPHUS. 



Horns over back edge of orbit, moderate, nearlj- straight, with 

 only one spiral turn, subangular, ascending obliquely from the back 

 edge of the orbit. Body light ; legs slender ; hoofs small. Face 

 without any white cross band. Adult males with a longitudinal 

 crest of long hair. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 136, t. 18. f. 1, 2, 

 skull and horns.) 



* Bach with pcrpendicidar bands and lateral streaks. 



1 . Tragelaphus scripta. (The Guib.) B.M. 



Pale bay ; neck with four cross bands and a central white streak. 



Tragelaphus scripta, Gray, Cat. Uiir/ul. B. M. p. 138; t. 18. f. 1, 2 

 (sk-uU). 



H(d>. West Africa : Senegal and Gambia ; Cameroons, Mount 

 Victoria {Burton, B.M.) 



2. Tragelaphus decula. (The Decula.) B.M. 



Grey-brown ; back with three or four indistinct cross bands ; 

 arched streak on upper part of side, a few spots forming an arch 

 on the haunches, dorsal line, streak on nose and on front of fore 

 legs blackish. 



Tragelaphus decula, Ch-ay, Cat. Unyid. B. M. p. 1.39 ; Hetiglin, Anti- 

 Ivpen, p. 20, t. 1. f. 5 (head and liorus). 



Hah. E. Africa : Abyssinia. 



I •* Baeh tvifkont any cross hands or lateral strealis. 



\l-^'^ 3. Tragelaphus sylvatica. (The Bosch Bock.) B.M. 



Blackish brown ; head pale brown ; band across forehead black ; 

 small spot on haunches, larger spot on inner sides of legs and on 

 feet white. 



Tragelaphus sylvatica, Graij, Cat. Ungxd. B. M. p. 139 ; Kirk, F. Z. S. 

 1864, p. Go9; Heuglin, Antilopen, p. 20; Peters, Mossamhiqnc, 

 p. 185. 



- ^ Hah. South Africa, Central Africa, Lower Zambesi (Kirl-). 



\^^ " Varies greatly in colour and spotting. Hoofs elongate in muddy 



'' regions." — Kirlc. 



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