THE oKAl'l ok CENTRAL AFRICA. 663 



named by the skull of the dead animal, and a smaller skull which he 

 d obtained separately. The skin and skulls were torwarded to Lon- 

 £ , „L,v theylrrived after considerable delay. The Bntuh Museum 

 "trusted the setting- up of the okapi to .Mr. Rowland \ ard, of Picca- 

 m ly and from the mounted skin and other data I have made the 

 drawings which illustrate this article. 1 also give a photograph taken 

 bv myself, of a bit of forest where the okapi was found. Before 

 sending this skin to Europe, and while it still retained some indica- 

 tions of the shape of the animal, 1 made the co bred drawing which 

 Z ears ns the frontispiece to this issue of McClure s Magazine, and 

 wmeh will also be given in the Proceedings of the London Zoological 

 Societv This colored drawing differs in some particulars from the 

 appearance of the okapi as set up by Mr. Rowland Ward and as rep- 

 uted in the illustrations of the present article. Untd the okap, has 

 been photographed alive or dead, and its exact shape in the flesh is 

 thus known it is difficult to say which of my two drawings is the more 

 or ec In the first illustration, which appears as the frontispiece, 

 have given the creature a more horse-like build. In he sketch which 

 ^companies this article, and which is in the .nan, dra wn iron M a 

 Rowland Ward's building up of the annual from the flat skin the shape 

 oTtoc body inclines a little more to the giraffe, the okap, . nearest 



""xhe size of the okapi is that of a large stag. It stands relatively 

 higher in the legs than any member of the ox tribe, otherwise I should 

 compare its size to that of an ox. Like the giraffe, this creature has 

 onh wo hoofs, and no remains whatever of the other digits which 

 ^represented in the deer, oxen, and in most antelopes by the two 

 little "false hoofs" on either side of the third and fourth toes. 



The colo ation of the okapi is unite extraordinary The cheeks ana 

 laws are yellowish white, contrasting abruptly with the dark-co lo.ed 

 Teck The forehead is a deep red chestnut; the large, broad ea. a e 

 of the same tint, fringed, however, with jet black Hie forehead 

 ran'es between vinous red and black in tint, and a black hue follows 

 Z teidge of the nose down to the nostrils. The muzzle ,s sepia cob 

 ored but there is a faint rim or mustache of reddish-yellow hair round 

 the upper lip. The neck, shoulders, barrel, and back range m tone 

 In l epia arid jet black to rich vinous red. Tue belly ^ blackish 

 except just under the knees. The tail is bright chestnut red, with . 

 sviial lb lack tuft. The hind quarters, hind and fore legs are eithe, 

 rot wtite or pale cream color, touched here and there Wjto orang. 

 They are boldlv marked, however, with purple-black stripes ana 

 splodges which' give that zebra-like appearance to he limbs ot he 

 okaouL caused the rtrst imperfect account of it to indicate the d,s- 

 : ; J0 n ew striped horse. The soft parts of the animal being 



