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Cervicapra ellipsiprvmnus, Sundevall, K. SvensTia Vet. -Ah. Handl. 

 1844, p. 195, 1846. 



Heleotragus ellipsiprymniis, Kirlf, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 658. 



Antilope elypsiprymnus, Oiven, Anat. Vertebrates, vol. iii, p. 634, 

 1868. 



Cobus ellipsiprymnus, BucMey, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 284 ; Selous, 

 ibid, 1881, p. 758, A Hunter's Wanderings in S. Africa, p. 218, 

 1881 ; Crawshay, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 651 ; Sclater, ibid. 

 1891, p. 326, 1892, p. 471, 1893, p. 505, pi. xxxix ; Flower and 

 LydeJdicr, Study of Mammals, p. 340, 1891 ; Wa7-d, Becords of 

 Big Game, p. 84, 1892, ed. 6, p. 190, 1910 ; LydekJcer, Horns and 

 Hoofs, p. 223, 1893, Gi-eat and Small Game of Africa, p. 269, 

 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 194, 1908 ; Bryden, Gun and 

 Camera, p. 504, 1893; BarUey, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 131; 

 Sivayne, ibid. p. 316, Thirteen Trips to Somali, p. 307, 1894 ; 

 Matschie, Sdugeth. Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 132, 1895 ; Sclater and 

 Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii, p. 97, pi. xxxii, 1896 ; W. L. 

 Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 185, 1900; Both- 

 schild, Po'W ell- Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, p. 466, 

 1902 ; Letcher, Big Game N.E. Bhodesia, p. 206, 1911. 



Wasserbok, or Waterbuck. 



Type of the genus. 



Typical locality the district between Lataku and the 

 west coast, South Africa. 



Height at shoulder from about 48 to 53 inches ; * coat 

 long and coarse ; general colour grizzled brownish grey, 

 tending to blackish on the back, with the bases of the hairs 

 whitish, paler on flanks, and passing into white on middle 

 line of under-parts and inner sides of upper portion of hind- 

 limbs; a conspicuous white elliptical band on the rump 

 extending downwards on each side to the flanks ; feet dark 

 brown, with a white band above hoofs ; sides of forehead dark 

 brown ; a white line round nose, lips, and chin, and another 

 over and in front of each eye ; an irregular band round neck 

 greyish white ; ears hairy, white internally, and blackish 

 externally, except at the base, where they are brownish, 

 about 74 inches in length ; tail dark brown above and white 

 beneath, about 11 inches long, exclusive of terminal tuft 

 (4 inches). Horns large, and heavy, sublunate, inclining 

 backw^ards and outwards at base, and then forwards and 

 inwards towards and at the tips, heavily ridged for about 

 three-fourths their length. Fine horns measure from 31 to 



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* Sclater and Thomas give the height as 39 inches ; Xicholls and 

 Eglington as " often considerably more than 4 feet." 



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