CHANLER’S REEDBUCK 137 
Shot by W. Astor Chanler. 
CHANLER’S REEDBUCK (Cervicapra chanleri, sp. nov.). 
DESCRIPTION BY HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 
[From Novitates Zoologica, vol. ii., February 1895. ] 
This new species belongs to the group of the smaller species of 
Cervicapra, and is nearest to C. dohor, but much the smallest of the 
genus. Perhaps the most striking difference to the ordinary observer 
is the central black stripe running from the nose to between the eyes. 
Head and neck generally orange buff, as in C. bohor ; back, sides of 
body, upper side of tail, and outer sides of limbs warm buffy gray, 
instead of being of the same colour as the neck, as in C. dohor and C. 
redunca. Belly, underside of tail, and inside of limbs down to the knees 
white. Just below the knee in front is a dark brown patch. The ears 
seem to be longer and narrower in proportion than those of C. dohor ; 
they are sparingly covered on the outside with short hair of the colour 
of the neck, and inside thickly lined with long white hair. The horns 
are very much smaller and thinner than those of C. Johor, and much 
more so, of course, than those of C. redunca, both of which are much 
