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THE WATERBUCK 



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In a paper on the waterbucks in the coHection of Major Powell- 

 Cotton at Ouex Park, Birchington, Dr. Paul Matschie {Sitz.-Ber. Ges. 

 natttrf. Freunde, Berlin, 19 10, p. 409) describes two new races of the 

 typical species. The first of these, Cobus cllipsiprynimis pallidus 

 (p. 410), is from the Webbe Shebeyli, Somaliland, and is distinguished 

 from the typical race of the species by the general colour being very 

 light brown, without any tendency to rufous, instead of a mixture of 

 grey and russet brown. The white rings round the eyes are also 

 much narrower ; and the hair on the forehead and nasal region is a 

 mixture of pale and sepia brown instead of dark brown. The strong 

 curvature of the horns is likewise a distinctive feature. 



In the second race, C. c. tJiikac (p. 411), from the Thika valley, 

 N.E. of Nairobi, the forehead is burnt umber, the nasal region blackish 

 grey-brown, the white band above the muzzle very narrow, and the 

 light rings round the eyes of medium width, with brown hairs amid 

 the white. The sides of the face are bright brownish grey mingled 

 with sepia ; the white of the chin ascends as high as the gape of the 

 mouth. The throat and chest are warm sepia or russet mingled with 

 grey ; all the hairs being grey with rufous sepia tips ; and there is a 

 large white patch in the centre of the chest. The back is reddish 

 sepia, and the flanks are but slightly tinged with grey. Above the 

 hoofs is a white band about an inch in depth, broken by a narrow 

 interval behind ; and while the upper surface of the tail is coloured 

 like the back, the under side is white. 



In the Lorian Swamp and the neighbouring part of the Guaso 

 Nyiro valley, British East Africa, are found light -coloured or semi- 

 albino waterbucks, with eyes of the normal hue. They are referred to 

 by Col. W. H. Brown in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 

 1905, p. 297, and by Lord Gifford in the Field of August 10, 1910. 

 The light individuals generally go about with normally -coloured 

 waterbuck. 



THE DEFASSA WATERBUCK 



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In the paper cited under the heading of the preceding species 

 Dr. Matschie has named and described eleven local races of the 



