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of the adult male, but bright rufous in the female, with slight indica- 

 tions of stripes ; the young of both sexes being coloured nearly like 

 the adult female, although more fully striped and spotted. 



On the other hand, in the Zambesi race [T. spekei selousi), the 

 true situtunga of the natives, whose geographical range has been 

 already mentioned, the adult female has the same greyish-brown coat 

 as her partner, although rather darker in tint, with less white on the 

 face and throat ; while the young are bluish black (very similar to the 

 colour of moleskin), profusely striped and spotted with pale yellow. 

 Both this and the next race appear to be larger than the typical one. 



Next comes the western race {T. spekei gratus)^ in which the coat 

 is shorter, and marked in the adults of both sexes with numerous white 

 or whitish spots ; its colour in the male being olive or greyish brown, 

 and in the female bright rufous. The adult male has a white dorsal 

 crest, but in the female the dorsal streak is said to be black. 



A fourth race {T. spekei albonotaius), possibly from Upper Guinea 

 or Angola, has been described (as T. grains albo7totatus) by Mr. O. 

 Neumann in the Sitzungs-BericJite Ges. N'aturfor. Berlin, 1905, p. 90, 

 and is stated to differ from the last in the following points. The 

 chevron on the face of the adult buck is longer and wider, extending 

 upwards to the horns ; and the white lines on the sides of the nose 

 are also broader, more distinct, and separated from the front surface of 

 the nose only by narrow black lines. Between these white lines and 

 the white spot below the hind part of the eye is a broad bright yellow 

 band bordering the lower eyelid. The tips of the ears are white. 

 The limbs, especially the hind-pair, are much lighter than in grains ; 

 and there is much more white above the hoofs, and on the lower part 

 of the hind-legs, as well as on the front surface of the thighs. 



It should be added that Tragelaphus obscurus, named by Dr. 

 Trouessart in 1898, on the evidence of a Senegal specimen with 

 shorter hoofs than usual, is very doubtfully distinct. 



Writing of the Zambesi race, Mr. F. C. Selous states that in 1887 

 he obtained " from the natives on the Chobi river the skin of a 

 situtunga taken from its mother before birth. The ground-colour of 

 this skin was of a deep blackish hue (darker than an English mole- 

 skin), and the hair beautifully fine, soft, and velvety. It was plainly 

 striped and spotted with bands and spots of yellowish white. The 

 yellowish bands were seven or eight in number, and the spots ran in 

 a line from behind the shoulder along the sides below the ends of 

 the stripes to the hind-quarters, which were profusely spotted. The 

 stripes and spots were arranged exactly as on the coat of the adult 



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