TRAGELAPHIN^ 165 



Type in Seuckenberg Museum, Frankfort- am-Main. 



Allied to T. s. lor, but somewhat brighter coloured, with 

 more distinct markings. General colour pale reddish brown 

 (dark cinnamon), lighter on flanks ; under-parts blackish 

 brown ; neck short-haired, huffish, speckled with black ; a 

 sooty patch on withers ; dorsal crest mingled with white ; 

 crown and cheeks light brownish ; dark bands on fore-legs 

 and above hocks conspicuous ; transverse stripes narrow but 

 fairly distinct ; two longitudinal bands general present, but 

 tending to disappear with age ; spots on haunches small. 

 Skull rather large (basal length 8^ inches = 215 mm.), ^ith 

 the auditory bullse much larger than in hor. 



7. 7. 8. 233. Skin. Shari Valley, Lake Chad district ; 

 collected during the Alexander-Gosling Expedition. 



Presented h\j the Alexander -Gosling Expedition, 1907. 



The following Nigerian specimens are probably referable, 

 respectively, to one or other of this and the two following 

 races : — 



99. 8. 24. 5. Skull and skin. Jebba, Nigeria. 



Presented ly Dr. C. Christij, 1899. 



5. 5. 10. 11. Skin. Wase, Northern Nigeria. 



Presented hy Dr. H. K. W. Kumm, 1905. 



6. 2. 12. 3-4. Two skulls, with horns, and skins. 

 Twelve miles north of Yola, Northern Nigeria. 



Presented hy W. T. Gower, Esq., 1906. 



12. 7. 16. 4, Foetal skin. Nassarawa Province, Nigeria. 



Presented hy D. Cator, Esq., 1912. 



N.— Tpagrelaphus scriptus sigrnatus. 



Tragelaphus scriptus signatus, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 



vol. xiii, p. 42, 1914. 

 (?) Tragelaphus scriptus punctatus, ScJiwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 8, vol. xiii, p. 42, 1914. 



Typical locality " Les M']^rous," Tome Valley, near the 

 Gribinge-Ubangui Watershed, N. W. Africa. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort-am-Main. 



Differs from jnctus by its inferior size (basal skull-length 

 (8| inches = 206 mm.), longer coat, and deeper colour, which 



