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c. Kobus adolfi-friclerici, Matschie, WeidwerJc in Wort u. Bild, vol. xv, 



p. 234, 1906, Sitzher. Gcs. nat. Frcunde, 1910, p. 409. 

 Cobus ellipsiprvmnus adolfi-frederici, Lydel-kcr, Game Animals of 

 Africa, p. 196, 1908. 



Typical locality upper Orangi, south of Ikoma, German 

 East Africa. 



Type apparently in Derlin Zoological Museum. 



Described from a head characterised by the dark colour 

 of the nose, the absence of a white band on the throat, and 

 the relatively short horn-tips. 



d. Cobus defassa tjaederi, Lonnberg, ArTciv Zool. vol. iv, no. 3, p. 7, 



1907 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 202, 1908. 

 Kobus defassa tjaederi, Matschie, Sitzher. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1910, 

 pp. 409 and 414. 



Typical locality junction of the Guaso-hanek and Guaso- 

 nyiro, north-western Laikipia, British East Africa. 



Type in Eoyal Swedish Museum of Natural History, 

 Stockholm. 



Darker than the typical defassa, with a greater extension 

 of the dark areas. Black of face extending from above white 

 ring over muzzle to over middle of white eye-streak, and 

 on to side of angle of mouth, thus covering a larger area 

 than in typical defassa; eye-streak well-defined, but not 

 extending i'urther backwards than anterior third of eye ; 

 above the black face the forehead bright rufous mixed with 

 black ; sides of face behind black area like forehead except 

 for a paler huffish brown patch between eye and root of ear ; 

 backs of ears rufous bordered with white, tips black ; neck 

 rufous above but greyish brown on sides ; body-colour dark 

 brown, with a rufous tinge, much darker than the rufous 

 brown of typical defassa ; under-parts dark smoky brown ; legs 

 and feet black with a brownish shade in front and a narrow 

 white hoof-band ; tail like back at root, but nearly black at 

 tip. Horns apparently shorter, stouter and less curved than 

 in typical defassa. 



e. Kobus unctuosus tschadensis, Schwarz, A^nn. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 8, vol. xi, p. 267, 1913. 

 Kobus defassa tschadensis, Schivarz, o;p. cit. p. 495, 1913. 



Typical locality Mafaling, Shari Valley, north-w^est Africa. 

 Type in Senckenberg Museum. 



