BUFFON’S KOB 203 
Head of Buffon’s Kob. Shot by Lady Constance Stewart Richardson in Nigeria. 
BUFFON’S KOB (Cobus coba). 
Maria, Hausa. 
In common with the puku, this species has the back of the ears 
rufous like the body: it is specially distinguished by the horns being 
less than twice the length of the head, the hair short, and the front 
of the fore-legs black. The approximate height at the shoulder is 
from 32 to 354 inches. 
Distribution.—The forest zone. 
A.—WESTERN RACE (C. coba typicus). 
Distribution Gambia to Nigeria and Lake Chad district. 
Length on Circum- 
cli acct  lipto Lip; Locality. Owner. 
—21} 63 12 N. Nigeria. . E. H. M. Bennett. 
21 6 144 Do. . Lady Constance Stewart Richardson. 
204 6# 10} Nigeria . ; . Capt. W. H. Wilkin. 
- Owner's measurements. 
