256 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



b\ Some dark colouring, at least occa- 

 sionall}', on body or neck. 

 a^. Upper-parts in some cases dusky K. h. nigricans. 

 b\ Hind-quarters black-speckled K. 7c. uhangiensis. 



B. Backs of ears often partially white ; white 

 of orbital region larger ; ears frequently 

 wanting black tips. 



a. Size small ; white orbital area medium K. Jc. alurce. 



b. Size large; whole orbital region white K. l\ notatus. 



c. Backs of ears white; white of orbital region 

 large. 



a. General colour in dark phase blackish 



brown mingled with fulvous hairs ... K. l\ nigroscajjulatus. 



b. General colour (in adult males) deep 



black K. Ji-. leiicotis. 



In addition to the above, the name Adenota mengesi has 

 been proposed by 0. Neumann (Sitzher. Ges. nat. Freundc, 

 1900, p. 560), on the evidence of a horn of a light, slender 

 gazelle-like type from southern Somaliland. 



A.— Kobus kob kob. 



Cobus coba typicus, Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 200, 1910. 

 Adenota kob kob, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. xi, 

 p. 497, 1913. 



Buffon's, or Western Kob. 



Typical locality Upper Guinea. 



Size relatively small, the shoulder-height being about 

 34 inches. General colour orange fulvous, with a whitish 

 ring round each eye and another round base of each ear ; the 

 ears themselves being fulvous on the back, with indistinct 

 black tips, and white internally ; an indistinct blackish stripe 

 down front of fore-legs from some distance above knees to 

 hoofs, usually interrupted by a white band just above the 

 latter ; hind-legs similarly marked, but the black commencing 

 about middle of shanks. Horns relatively small, good 

 specimens measuring from 19 to 2 If inches in length, with 

 a girth of from 6 to 7f , and a tip-to-tip interval of from 

 5J to 14J inches. 



The distributional area extends from Gambia to Nigeria. 



The writer follows 0. Neumann in considering anmdi^cs 

 (p. 254) as inseparable from the present race. 



