THE SELOT'S COLLECTION. 35 



KENYA PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



Nesoteagus moschatvs akelevi. 



Nesotrofpts moschatus aheleyi. Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol, Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 1, 1913. 



Very closely related to the Zanzibar Pigmy Antelope, JVeso- 

 tragus moschatus moscliatus ; general colour rather darker, the 

 upper parts being chestnut brown. White of throat divided by a 

 fulvous band. Size as in typical form, about 18 to 14 indies at 

 shoulder. 



Horn measvirements : — length 2f ; spread from tip to tip l^''^. 



Typical locality, Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony. In the " Life- 

 histories of African Game Animals " by Roosevelt and Heller 

 (vol. ii. p. 551, 1915) the range is given as "highland forest area 

 of Mt. Kenia, the Aberdare Pange, and the Kikuyu Escarpment 

 south as far as Nairobi and Ngong." 



153 — 19. 7. 15. 180. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony. 



DESERT PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



Nesotraous moschatus deserticola. 



Nesotrac/us moschatus deserHcola, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 2, 1913. 



Distinguished from the typical race and iV. m. aJceleyi by the 

 lighter colour of the pelage. The white on tlie throat is said to be 

 almost continuous, broken only by a narrow fulvous baud. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 178) : — length 3j| ; spread 

 from tip to tip 1|. 



Typical locality, Maji ya Chumvi, Tarn Desert ; range is 

 given as the Desert country of the coastal area from the Tana 

 River southward to the Tanganyika Territory boixler. 



Ib4 —19.7.15.178. Sknll and horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanga- 

 nyika Territory. 

 155 — 19.7.15.179. Horns. Dar-es-Salain, Tanganyika Territory. 



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