ANTILOPE DORIA. 271 



»pes are twelve in number and are preceded and succeeded 

 »by a few similar, closer set, and fainter stripes, of a 

 » deeper rufous than the ground. The broadest of the dark 

 » stripes are on the loins, where they are fully an inch in 

 » width; their direction in passing the sides is rather back- 

 swards. The quality of the fur is rather rigid , and the hairs 

 »are adpressed, resembling in these particulars the cover- 

 sing of the Zebras". This description corresponds exactly 

 with what the young male-specimen now before me shows , 

 so I only have to add the peculiarities of the head , tail 

 and legs. Head , ears , chest and legs bright rufous ; ante- 

 rior upper part of nose black ; chin white. Inferior part 

 of upper half of legs externally black ; a broad black ring 

 encircles the legs just above the hoofs; upperparts of in- 

 side of legs white ; upperparts of tail bright rufous , tip 

 and underparts of tail pure white. The rather large and 

 pointed hoofs are of a light brownish black tinge. 



Some measurements of the young cT above described : 



mm. 

 Length from tip of nose to base of tail . 460 



„ of fore-legs 165 



„ „ hoofs 11 



„ „ tail (with tuft) 55 



„ „ear 50 



This young-male has no trace of horns, but happily we 

 possess the skull of an adult-male , shot also by Mr. Bütti- 

 kofer. Plate 9 will give an excellent idea of it, better than any 

 description. It has been drawn at Vg of its natural size. The 

 intermaxillaries of both, upper and lower, jaws are wanting. 



Hab. Liberia : Sofore-place on the St. Paul's-river (J. Biit- 

 tikofer). 



Although Gray several times cited Antilope zebra as 

 if he had described the first the animal under conside- 

 ration under that name in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist, 

 of the year 1836, I nowhere can find this description, 

 notwithstanding I scrutinized the named volume (1836) 

 and the foregoing volumes. So I conclude that Gray in 



Notes frona the Leyclen IVIuseiim, "Vol. "VII. 



