446 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



and various other bushes. They are, no doubt, Independent 

 of water, although they are seldom found in absolutely water- 

 less deserts. They have not, however, been observed drinking 

 at water-holes, to which other game resort for such purposes 

 in the desert districts they inhabit. The East African lesser 

 koodoo resembles imberbis of Somaliland closely, but differs 

 by darker coloration, absence of the white spots on the front 

 of the pasterns on the forelegs, and shorter horns. 



The coloration of the male is bright-tawny lined with 

 black along the median dorsal region. The vertebral line 

 is marked by an ill-defined white-and-black dorsal stripe and 

 the sides are crossed by twelve to thirteen conspicuous 

 transverse white stripes from the dorsal stripe to the under- 

 parts. The lower sides and the breast are ochraceous, and 

 the midline of the chest is marked by a broad black stripe, 

 but the belly and groins are pure white. The forelegs are 

 pure ochraceous, without the white spot on the front of the 

 pasterns. The band above the hoofs and the back of the pas- 

 terns are black. There is a black band on the back of the leg 

 just above the knee, bordered below by a white band at the 

 knee. The hind legs are ochraceous, with a white spot on the 

 front of the pasterns and a black band above the hoofs, and 

 the back of the pasterns are black. There is a white stripe 

 on the inside of the leg from the white of the belly to the 

 hock. The tail is tawny above, white below, and tip seal- 

 brown. The neck is somewhat lighter than the body, being 

 ecru-drab with a narrow black stripe on the nape from the 

 head to the withers. There is a white patch on the forethroat 

 and a larger oval one near the base of the throat. The crown 

 of the head is seal-brown, banded in front by white chevron 

 bars from the eyes to the snout. The median line of the 

 snout is walnut-brown. The sides of the head are ecru-drab, 

 with two white spots below the eye and a short white post- 

 ocular stripe. The lips and chin are white, bordered by dusky. 

 The back of ears is ochraceous, the tip narrowly margined 

 by blackish; inside and base white. The female resembles 

 the male closely in color, but is lighter, being ochraceous- 

 tawny, very scantily lined by black, with the crown of the 

 head lighter— tawny rather than seal-brown. The young are 

 like the adult in pattern of coloration but in tone somewhat 

 lighter. Sexes quite equal in size. 



