524 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



the dark seal-brown color of the basal hair showing through 

 conspicuously everywhere, and the white area of the with- 

 ers, nape, and head suffused extensively by the ferruginous. 

 The hind part of the quarters and hind legs are everywhere 

 except in front of the hocks uniform ochraceous-tawny. 



An adult male intermediate in age between the tw^o 

 males described is peculiar in coloration. It lacks all trace 

 of the whitish wither and head areas, being in color quite 

 uniform ochraceous-buff like the female. The color of the 

 body is ochraceous, but becomes lighter on sides or buffy. 

 The hind limbs are buffy and the forelegs buffy with a 

 dusky blotch in front on the thighs above the knee. The 

 nape of the neck is like the back in color. The sides of the 

 neck and the throat are dusky-brown overlaid by buffy 

 hairs. The crown of the head and the snout and the back 

 of the ears are ochraceous. The inside of the ears and the 

 supraocular stripes are white, and the sides of the face 

 dusky-brown. The lips, the border of the nostrils, and the 

 chin are white, the latter merging into the buff of the throat 

 which extends as a narrow line to the chest. The under- 

 parts are white but not sharply contrasted with the buffy 

 sides and the inside of the legs. The tail is buffy above and 

 white beneath with dark seal-brown tip. The old female 

 specimen, which has the teeth much worn, has the dorsal 

 color ochraceous-tawny but lacks the light patch on the 

 withers and the head of the male, and very little of the 

 dark-brown under fur shows through the tawny. The sides 

 are lighter and buffy, and the limbs are uniform buffy with 

 an indefinite drab streak on the front side from the hoofs 

 to the knees and the hocks. The tail is buffy with a tufted 

 black tip. The under-parts, the inside of the legs, and the 

 under side of the tail are white. The throat and the chest 

 are cream-buff in contrast to the tawny nape. The back of 

 the ears, crown, and snout are ochraceous-tawny. The in- 

 side of the ears and the base are cream-buff; and the supra- 

 ocular stripe is similar in color. The eye has a seal-brown 

 blotch below and the whole side of the face to the snout 

 shows seal-brown under hair overlaid by buffy. The lips, 

 chin, and borders of the nostrils are whitish. The general 

 coloration is similar to that of the female leucotis, but is 

 lighter and more buffy. 



