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flanks and is well defined against the white of the under- 

 parts and the inside of the hind legs. The hind quarters 

 and rump are ochraceous-buff and marked by a black pygal 

 stripe extending from the base of the tail one-third of the 

 way to the hocks. The rump and the tail are marked by a 

 black dorsal stripe which extends almost to the tufted tip 

 of the latter, which is buff at the base and white terminally. 

 The legs are ochraceous-buff like the lower sides. The hind 

 legs are marked by two black oval patches on the cannon- 

 bones, the black being continued down to another pair on the 

 fetlocks. The pastern region above the hoof is whitish. The 

 back of the hock is marked by a black spot. The fore limbs 

 are like the hind in color, but lack the black patches, except 

 the pair at the fetlocks. The head shows some decided 

 contrast in color. The ears are conspicuous by their broad 

 black tips and white inner side, and the eye region is re- 

 lieved by a broad white stripe extending forward from the 

 eye a short distance. The lips, chin, and throat are also 

 white, the two latter areas being separated by a bar of 

 ochraceous on the upper throat. The rest of the head is 

 uniform cinnamon-rufous, with the exception of the crown, 

 which is black between the horns in the male, while in the 

 female the whole crown region is black. A majority of 

 specimens show slight indication of a black face blaze and 

 black diagonal stripe through the eye. These black mark- 

 ings are most distinct on females and young. The latter 

 often show in addition black leg stripes. 



An adult male shot by Colonel Roosevelt on the Loita 

 Plains measured in the flesh: 59 inches in length of head 

 and body along the curve of the back; tail, 14 inches; hind 

 foot, 173^ inches; ear, 6>2 inches. This specimen represents 

 the average size attained by the males. The females are 

 somewhat smaller, judging from the flesh dimensions of a 

 fully adult female from the same district, which measured: 

 length of head and body, 54 inches; tail, 12 inches; hind 

 foot, i6>2 inches; ear, 6 inches. The skull of this spec- 

 imen measured 934" inches in length. Male skulls are con- 

 siderably larger than this one and average io>^ inches 

 in length. The longest-horned specimen in the series of 

 twenty-seven males in the National Museum is a specimen 

 measuring 29 inches in length on the curve. This specimen 



