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tips are hooked forward but little. The coloration is light, 

 without the black lining so characteristic of wardi, the gen- 

 eral dorsal color being ochraceous-buff. The stripe extend- 

 ing down the front of the leg is pale, usually mouse-gray in 

 color. The horn dimensions of a large male shot at Nimule 

 are: length along curve ii3/^ inches, greatest spread 9 inches. 

 Another large male collected by Donaldson Smith between 

 Lake Rudolf and the Nile has longer and wider-spread 

 horns, the dimensions being \\y^ inches in length, and 15 

 inches in expanse. 



SWAHILI ReEDBUCK 



Redunca redunca tohi 



Native Name: Swahili, tohi. 



Redunca redunca tohi Heller, 1913, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 61, No. 7, p. 10. 



Range. — The moist coast belt from the Tana River 

 southward to Kilimanjaro and German East Africa, but not 

 occurring farther inland than the edge of the desert nyika. 



The Swahili reedbuck is local in distribution and of rare 

 occurrence. It is found along the railway only at Maria- 

 kani, where the type and several other specimens were 

 secured in 191 2 by Heller. It occurred in this district in 

 the grassy valleys and hillsides in groups of three or four 

 consisting of an old female and two or three offspring of 

 various ages. No adult bucks were seen. Usually they 

 were found lying down in the long grass, and were not de- 

 tected until bounding away in great bounds over the grass. 

 Sometimes when startled they uttered their peculiar sharp 

 bark or bleat. 



The Swahili reedbuck differs from wardi by smaller size; 

 the basal length of skull being only 9 inches. The colora- 

 tion is lighter and purer tawny, the black lining on the 

 dorsal surface being much less evident. The dark leg streaks 

 are much narrower or obsolete. The pelage is shorter and 

 thinner, the length on the back being only three-fourths 

 of an inch. 



The color is tawny and purest on the sides and the legs, 

 the dorsal region being darkest owing to the prevalence of 

 black-tipped hairs, which are absent on the sides and the 

 limbs. The crown of the head is marked by a dusky-brown 



