438 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



of the longitudinal stripe and the more numerous transverse 

 stripes, as well as by the smaller body size and much smaller 

 ears. 



The adult male has the collar indicated upon the nape 

 by an area of short, uniform bone-brown hair which does 

 not reach more than half-way down on the sides. In the 

 female the collar is not indicated, .either by color or length 

 of hair. The male and female have the same color pattern, 

 the body being crossed by eight to ten transverse white 

 stripes, none of which are uniformly white. The lower sides 

 are marked by a clear white longitudinal stripe extending 

 from the shoulder to the middle of the body and continued 

 to the hind quarters by elongate white spots. The hind 

 quarters are marked by several rows of white spots which 

 extend well up toward the base of the tail. The dorsal mane 

 is blackish basally, and has the hair white-tipped, but is only 

 indicated in the female by a dark stripe with occasional 

 white hairs. The male has the breast seal-brown and the 

 legs dark-brown with white areas as in delamerei. The 

 female has the breast lighter than the sides, buffy-ochraceous, 

 and the legs light-colored with only a median seal-brown 

 stripe in front. The head is colored alike in both sexes and 

 closely resembles delamerei in pattern and shade. The 

 nursing young are like the female in color. 



An adult male in the flesh measured: 49 inches in length 

 of head and body; tail, 7 inches; hind foot, I4>^ inches; ear, 

 51^ inches. A female measured: 44 inches in length; tail, 7 

 inches; hind foot, 13 inches; ear, 5 inches. Skull of a male 

 measures in greatest length 9 inches, that of a female 8>^ 

 inches. The longest horns measured ii>2 inches on the 

 curve of the keel in a series of three adults. Ward's record 

 is a Soudan specimen measuring i^Yz inches. 



A series representing all ages has been examined from 

 Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave, and single specimens from Ni- 

 mule and a locality eighty miles east of Gondokoro. Speci- 

 mens from the two sides of the Nile are quite' alike, as are 

 also those from the headwaters of the Congo tributaries of 

 the Ituri and Welle. The race is not confined to the valley 

 of the Nile, but extends westward into the Congo water- 

 shed. 



