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color. The hind quarters posteriorly are white, the white 

 area bordered by a prominent black pygal stripe in front 

 extending from the rump toward the hock. The tail is 

 black and clothed uniformly with long hair. The legs on 

 the outer surface are vinaceous-buff, and white on the inside 

 where they are connected with the white under-parts. The 

 dorsal surface of the snout is rufous, except the tip, which 

 is marked by a large black patch. The sides of the face are 

 marked by a broad white stripe from the horn base and 

 eye region to the muzzle, which is bordered above by the 

 dark dorsal surface of the snout and below by a black band 

 from the anteorbital pore to the muzzle. The upper lips, 

 chin, and throat are white. The crown, back of the ears, 

 and the sides of the head are vinaceous-buff. The inside 

 and the tips of the ears are white. The female shows 

 only slight differences in color from the male, which are 

 confined solely to the head, the crown being rufous or 

 brownish and the nape cinnamon in conformity with the 

 back. The young do not show the fulvous coloring of 

 their parents, but are quite dark in color. They are drab, 

 lined lightly by black, and have the dark side stripe much 

 less conspicuous than the adults. They show the dark 

 snout patch and have the whole crown and ears brownish 

 or dusky as well as having the pygal band and white area 

 to the hind quarters indicated. 



The average measurements of adult male specimens in 

 the flesh are: 47 inches in length of head and body; tail, 

 9>^ inches; hind foot, I3>^ inches; ear, 4^ inches. The fe- 

 male is somewhat less in size, being usually i inch less in 

 length of hind foot. The average horn length in this race 

 is 13 inches, but specimens 15 inches in length are by no 

 means rare. The record length given by Ward is i6}4 

 inches. The horns are really very uniform in length. The 

 extremes in a series of sixty heads from British East Africa 

 in the National Museum are: longest, 15^ inches; shortest, 

 11^ inches. The width, however, varies greatly, the 

 extremes in the same series being from 3 to %% inches. 

 The horns of the females vary greatly in size and direction. 

 Usually they are quite deformed and contorted and are 

 seldom symmetrical. The extremes in length of a series of 

 sixteen are: length, 2>^ to 5J/2 inches; spread, }i to 3>^ 



