544 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



Athi Bush Duiker 



Sylvicapra grimmia hindei 



Native Name: Masai, emhutuzvin. 



Cephalophus abyssinicus hindei Wroughton, 1910, Ann. i^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (8), vol. V, p. 273. 



Range. — From the northern slopes of Mount Kenia 

 and the headwaters of the Northern Guaso Nyiro River 

 and Lake Baringo southward throughout the high veldt 

 to Kihmanjaro and central German East Africa. 



The Athi bush duiker was named by Wroughton from a 

 specimen collected by Doctor H. S. Hinde at Fort Hall, 

 where he was stationed for some years as district commis- 

 sioner. The race is characterized by its bright ochraceous- 

 tawny coloration and small amount of black vermiculation 

 in its coat. It is readily distinguishable from the alpine 

 race by the lighter or seal-brown color of the pasterns and 

 the shorter pelage, but is indistinguishable from it in size. 

 Specimens of this race were collected ^by the Smithsonian 

 African expedition on the Athi Plains at Ngong, Bondoni, 

 Ulu, and Machakos; near Fort Hall, at Chief Wambugu's 

 village, on the northwest slope of Kenia, northeast of 

 Nyeri, and on the Loita Plains, near the German border. 



Desert Bush Duiker 



Sylvicapra grinnjiia deserti 



Native Names: ?>\n?l\\\\\, ngruvu ; Duruma, j-^/j. 



Sylvicapra grimmia deserti Heller, 1913, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 61, No. 17, 

 p. 4. 



Range. — Desert coast lands from the Tana River 

 southward to German East Africa; inland as far as the 

 east slopes of Kilimanjaro and Kenia. 



The desert bush duiker was recently described from 

 specimens collected by the Rainey expedition at Voi. It 

 is markedly lighter in color than the other equatorial Afri- 

 can races, being buffy, with almost no darker vermiculation 

 showing in the coat, and readily distinguishable from the 

 tawny or vermiculated color of the other races. The male 

 is distinguishable by his more vertically directed horns. 



