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Rothschild in Novitates Zoologic(B, vol. xii. pi. xii. 1905, is stated 

 by Mr. A. L. Butler, in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 

 1905, vol. i. p. 288, to differ by its much lighter body-colour (a pale 

 cafe-au-lait fawn), in the greyish white of the black-fringed dewlap, 

 and in the presence of only about ten white stripes on each side 

 of the body. 



Mr. Butler's description of this race is as follows : — 



" The frontal mat of hair dark chocolate-brown, merging into the 

 colour of the nose, which is black. Sides of the head light grey, 

 becoming pale fawn-colour on the cheeks. From the anterior angle of 

 each eye a narrow white stripe runs forwards and inwards, sharply 

 defining the edges of the frontal mat. On each cheek, about 2 inches 

 behind and rather below the eye, there is a circular white spot about 

 an inch in diameter, surrounding two or three coarse black hairs an 

 inch in length. The upper lip and chin are white. 



" The ears are large and wide, externally mostly black, but with 

 grey bases and conspicuous white tips ; inside they are black and 

 white. The large pendulous dewlap is whitish grey, with a narrow 

 mane of coarse black hair running below it from the throat to the 

 chest, where it terminates in a large tuft. The hairs in this mane are 

 from 2 to 4 inches in length ; at the centre of the dewlap there is a 

 small mingling of white hairs. The sides of the neck are covered with 

 longish coarse hair, brown and black mixed. Round the base of the 

 neck the hair becomes entirely black, forming a conspicuous collar 

 about 8 inches wide. This is sharply separated from the colour of the 

 body by a narrow half- collar of pure white, which extends from the 

 chest-tuft half way to the withers. 



" The body is very pale fawn-colour, almost (as Bimbashi Collins 

 terms it) * cafe-au-lait,' becoming white on the belly. On the white of 

 the under surface there is a long black patch, commencing in a point 

 between the fore-legs and extending backwards to the navel. A black 

 spinal stripe of longer hair runs the whole way along the neck and 

 body, and from this about ten white stripes run down the sides and 

 haunches. The hair of the body is very short, smooth, and sleek. 



" The limbs are pale fawn-coloured, like the body, white on the 

 inner sides, with black patches at the back of the fetlocks and round 

 the pasterns, and black patches 4 inches in length on the back of the 

 fore-limbs, just above the knees." 



Captain (" Bimbashi ") Collins, from whom most of the foregoing 

 particulars were obtained by Mr. Butler, records the following 

 observations : — 



