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F. — Tragelaphus scpiptus decula. 



Antilope decula, Bilppell, Neue WirhcltJi. Ahyssin. p. 11, pi. iv, 

 1835-40; Schinz, Sijnop. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 427, 1845; Huet, 

 Bull. Soc. Acclim. ser. 4, vol. iv, p. 78, 1887. 



Antilope (Tragelaphus) decula, Gervais, Diet. Sci. Nat., Suppl. vol. i, 

 p. 266, 1840; Lesson, Nouv. Tahl. Begne Anim. p. 181, 1842; 

 Beichenbaeh, Sdugethiere, vol. iii, p. 78, 1845; Giebel, Sduge- 

 thiere, p. 311, 1853-55. 



Calliope decula, Biippell, Vci'zeichniss Mus. SencJienberg. vol. iii, 

 pt. 2, p. 182, 1842. 



Tragelaphus decula. Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 166, 1843, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 145, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 28, 1850, 

 Cat. Ungidata Brit. Mus. p. 139, 1852 Cat. Biirninants Brit. 

 Mus. p. 50, 1872, Hand-List Bumina?its Brit. Mus. p. 120, 1873 ; 

 Wagner, Schreber's Sdugtliiere, Sujypl. vol. iv, p. 442, 1844, 

 vol. V, p. 445, 1855 ; Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 

 1844, p. 189, 1846 ; Schinz, Man. Antilop. p. 26, 1848 ; Heuglin, 

 Nova Acta, Ac. Cces. Leojy.-Car. vol. xxx, p. 20, pi. i, fig. 5, 1863, 

 Zoogr. Both. Meer, p. 26, 1869, Beise Weiss. Nil, p. 319, 1869, 

 Beise Nordost-Afrika, vol. ii, p. 120, 1877 ; Floiver, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1875, p. 186; Brooke, ibid. 1878, p. 884; Jentink, Cat. 

 Osteol. Leyden Mus. {Mus. Pays-Bas, vol. ix) p. 141, 1889, Cat. 

 Mamm. Leyden Mus. {op. cit. vol. xi) p. 173, 1892; Lydekker, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 252, 1893 ; Ward, Becords of Big Game, 

 ed. 2, p. 196, 1896 ; Pousargucs, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, 

 pp. 81 and 83, 1897; Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopies, 

 vol. iv, p. 105, pi. Ixxxviii, 1900 ; Lonnberg, Archiv Zool. vol. ii, 

 no. 15, p. 6, 1905 ; Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat, Freundc, 1912, 

 p. 545. 



Tragelaphus scriptus decula, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 388; 

 W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 233, 1900; 

 Bothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, 

 p. 477, 1902; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 328. 1908; 

 Drake-Brockman, Mammals of Somali, p. 91, 1910 ; Ward, 

 Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 309, 1910. 



(?) Tragelaphus decula fulvo-ochraceus, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat, 

 Freunde, 1912, p. 564. 



Typical locaJity Abyssinia. 



Height at shoulder about 26 inches. Neck fully haired ; 

 dorsal crest black ; general colour yellowish or sandy brown, 

 gradually darkening on shoulders and hind-quarters, and so 

 on to under-parts ; a white spot below each eye, and another 

 on lower jaw ; two longitudinal bands, of which the lower is 

 broken up into streaks, but generally no distinct transverse 

 stripes or haunch-spots ; usual throat- and limb-markings 

 present. T. decitla fulvo-ochrarxvs is based on the skull and 

 skin of a female from Dungoler, near Lake Tsana (Tana),, 



