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sublyrate, very similar to those of the bushbuck, 

 but rather more spiral ; very sharp polished ex- 

 tremities of a pale straw colour, rest of horns 

 brownish black, deeply ridged from the forehead to 

 about half the length of the horn. Prevailing 

 colour, greyish black, tinged with purplish brown 

 and ochre ; on the neck, flanks, and cheeks marked 

 with several white stripes like the koodoo. Fore- 

 head brilliant sienna brown, almost approaching to 

 orange ; mane black down the neck, and white from 

 the withers to the insertion of the tail ; ears, 8 

 inches long, oval, rufous, tipped with black, and 

 fringed inside with white hairs. A pale ochreous 

 circle round the eyes, which are connected by two 

 white spots, forming an arrow-shaped mark on a 

 black ground ; nose black ; a white spot on each 

 side of the upper lip ; chin and gullet white ; and 

 three white marks under each eye ; neck covered 

 with long shaggy hair, extending also under the 

 belly and fringing the haunches to the knees ; two 

 white spots on the flanks, and a patch of long white 

 hair on the interior portion of the thigh ; a white 

 tuft under the belly, and another on the dewlap. 

 On the outer side of the forelegs is a black patch 

 above the knee surrounded by three white spots ; 

 legs below the knee bright rufous colour ; tail, i foot 

 8 inches long, black above, with tip and inside 

 white." This most detailed description is, I think, 

 that of an animal not fully adult, as in the three 

 full-grown male inyalas which I saw In the flesh all 

 the buff, ochreous, and orange tints described by 

 Mr. Angas had turned to greyish black, except to a 

 slight extent below the knees, whilst none of them 

 had any white stripes on the cheeks or neck ; and, 

 as the general ground colour of the young male is 

 reddish brown, and that of a full-grown male greyish 

 black, it goes without saying that, as the young 

 animal grows from kidhood to maturity, the former 



