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constitutes without doubt a distinct subspecies. A broad, almost 

 black blaze darker than the darkest shade of « warm sepia » 

 (Obekthur, 305.4) extends from the imiffle, which it siirrounds, 

 to the nape. The tuft betvveen the horns is jet black. On either 

 side of the blaze is a broad superciliary hand, the colour of which 

 is « fawn » 308.2), rather sharplv defined from the sides of the 

 face which are paler and more brownish, almost resemblin^ «.< dark 

 fawn » (307.2), while the throat is still paler, almost buffish. Sides 

 of the neck similar in colour to the superciliarv bands. Ears hairy, 

 on the outside almost black, of the same colour as the blaze, 

 inside white. Upper neck and back rufous, sprinkled with black, 

 which colour is produced in such a wav that the hairs are blackish 

 (darker than 305.4) with broad tips or subapical ring of « rust red » 

 (318.2); on the anterior parts the black sprinkling is more conspi- 

 cuous. The flanks are « rust red » shading from 318.2 to 318. i, 

 and on the belly a still paler shade. The tail is warm sepia above, 

 the tuft consists of almost black hairs which on the lower side 

 are richly mixed with white ones. The fore legs are entirely iwith 

 the exception of the hind surface of the uppermost part) of that 

 peculiar purplish smoke brown, « blue » colour, so often found on 

 the Duikers legs. The hindlegs hâve the same colour beneath the 

 ihigh, at first som^what mixed with the rufous of the ham, but 

 quite solidly on the greater part of the tibia and downwards. The 

 legs are thus dark o\er a much greater part than in C/audï which 

 is a good récognition mark. The Kivu Duiker has also much 

 coarser hair. On the sides of the neck, where it attains a length 

 of between 25 and 30 mm., it is very stifF as bristles. 



The Kivu Duiker is a larger animal than Claudi. Its Hat skin 

 measures 107 cm., from the nuiffle to the root of the tail, which 

 is 8 cm., more than the skin of the largest female of Claudi. The 

 tail is fully 8 cm., without the tuft. The hoofs are longish as in 

 Claudi^ but stouter, the breadth of the sole of one of the fore hoofs 

 being about 10 mm., against 8.5 in Claudi. 



Unfortunately there is no skuU. The horns, which are hanging 

 10 the skin, are short, but stout, conical in shape. Length 40, basai 

 diameter 15 mm. 



This Duiker is evidentlv more unlike Claudi than the geogra- 



