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somewhat lighter, clear buff in color, giving the rump an 

 indefinite lighter coloration. The forelegs in front are 

 tawny-ochraceous, like the body, but behind and on the inside 

 they are buff. The hind legs are buff, with the exception 

 of a darker stripe in front from the hocks to the hoofs, which 

 is tawny-ochraceous. The clefts of the hoofs in front are 

 often bordered by blackish hair. The basal one-half of 

 the tail is short-haired and buff, like the rump, the terminal 

 half being black-haired and tufted. The breast and belly 

 are buffy, like the rump, but the groins and axillae are quite 

 whitish. The crown of the head and the snout are tawny 

 and distinctly darker than the back. The sides of the head 

 and throat are buffy-ochraceous, from which the chin is set 

 off by its black or dark seal-brown color. The ears are 

 ochraceous on the back and white on the inside and at the 

 base. 



A male specimen from the Loita Plains measured in the 

 flesh, in length of head and body, 72 inches; length of tail, 

 22 inches; hind foot, 20>^ inches; ear, 8 inches. Females 

 are somewhat smaller than these dimensions, an average 

 specimen measuring 67 inches in length of head and body; 

 tail, 16 inches; hind foot, 19 inches; ear, 7^ inches. 

 Skulls from the Loita Plains average in length 17^ inches 

 in males. The largest specimen in a series of fifty from 

 British East Africa measures i8>^ inches. The horns vary 

 greatly in length and spread. The longest male horns in 

 the large series in the National Museum are ly^ inches 

 long, the widest being 17^ inches at the tips. Ward 

 records a large number of specimens from British East 

 Africa exceeding these dimensions. His record in length 

 is 21 inches and in spread 19 inches. These dimensions, 

 however, represent freak or abnormal specimens. Average 

 specimens measure 16 inches in length by 14 inches in spread. 

 As usual, among antelopes, the record horns all belong to 

 young adult animals in which the points have not yet been 

 worn down. The master herd bulls usually have the horns 

 very much worn at the tips and greatly shortened. The 

 horns of the females are much more slender than those of 

 the males and are shorter. 



A large series, some seventy specimens, have been ex- 

 amined in the National Museum. This material shows 



