534 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



Nile Lakes and Tana River on the east. The bhie duikers 

 may be distinguished from all other members of the genus 

 by their small size and dark brownish or grayish coloration. 

 In size they are among the smallest members of the Bovidc^y 

 rivalling the pygmy and the royal antelopes for diminutive 

 body size. Their horns are the shortest found in the genus 

 Cephalophus, being only one-third the length of the head. 

 They extend backward and curve inward at the tips and 

 are heavily ringed, the latter character giving them a 

 close resemblance to those of the pygmy antelope. The 

 false hoofs are greatly reduced and relatively much smaller 

 than in the red duikers. The sexes are alike in color and 

 size, but the female is usually without horns in the East 

 African races. Like the red duikers, they are confined to 

 dense forest growth, where they are either paired or lead a 

 solitary life. They travel about through the forest on 

 definite narrow paths of their own construction and browse 

 upon the leaves and twigs of various shrubs. In movement 

 they are extremely quick and avoid their enemies by the 

 rapidity of their pace as well as by their wariness and shy- 

 ness. The recognizable races number about twelve, three 

 of which occur in East Africa. 



Key to the Races of monticola 



Legs fuscous-brown, like the body 



Under-parts dark-colored, like the sides of the body; body size 

 smaller cequatorialis 



Under-parts light grayish, contrasting conspicuously with the 

 dark sides; body size larger musculoides 



Legs vinaceous-cinnamon, decidedly lighter than the brown body 



hecki 



Uganda Blue Duiker 



Cephalophus monticola aquatorialis 



Native Name: Luganda, entalaganya. 



Cephalophus csquatorialis Matschie, 1892, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. Nat. Freu. Berl., 

 p. 112. 



Range. — Forests of Uganda from Mount Elgon west- 

 ward to Ruwenzori and from the Victoria Nile southward 

 to Karagwc and the Edward Nyanza. 



