DUIKERS AND SMALL ANTELOPES 535 



The Uganda race of the blue duiker was described by 

 Matschie upon some skins obtained by Doctor Stuhlmann 

 near Kampala, in the Chagwe district. The Baganda use 

 the skins for mantles and robes, for which purpose the skins 

 are roughly tanned and sewn together in a single piece. 

 Duiker-skins are a common commodity in the native mar- 

 kets, where they are offered for sale. The animals are 

 caught in snares set across their runways in the forest, 

 and are trapped primarily for their flesh, of which the 

 natives are very fond. The race may be distinguished from 

 the Congo blue duiker, melanorheus, by its darker under- 

 parts and the absence of horns in the female. No flesh 

 measurements of specimens are available. The skull of 

 an adult male from Kampala in the National Museum 

 has a length of 4>^ inches, with horns ly^ inches in length 

 by yi inch in diameter at the base. 



Nandi Blue Duiker 

 Cephalophus monticola musculoides 



Native Name: Kavirondo (Jaluo), kised. 

 Cephalophus monticola musculoides Heller, 1913, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 61, 

 No. 7, p. 9. 



Range. — Summit and west flank of the Mau Escarp- 

 ment from Eldoma Ravine Station west to Mount Elgon 

 and southward to the Uganda Railway at Muhoroni. 



The Nandi blue duiker was described from specimens 

 collected in the Kakumega forest at the base of the Nandi 

 Escarpment. It differs from the Uganda race by the 

 lighter-colored under-parts and larger body size, the skull 

 being ^ inch longer than in csquatorialis. 



The median dorsal coloration of the head and the body 

 is fuscous, merging on the sides and under-parts to ecru- 

 drab. The legs are somewhat darker than the back, being 

 benzo-brown. The hinder border of the rump and the base 

 of the tail are fuscous-black. The terminal half of the tail 

 is white; but the hair basally is fuscous. The midline of 

 the belly, the throat to the chin, and the inside of the legs 

 are whitish. The top of the head and the muzzle are uni- 

 form fuscous, and the cheeks and the orbital region are 



