﻿Races 
  of 
  African 
  Ungulates, 
  41 
  

  

  The 
  dark 
  colour 
  and 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  orbits 
  and 
  muzzle 
  

   serve 
  to 
  distinguish 
  this 
  race 
  from 
  its 
  geographical 
  neighbours. 
  

   I'lie 
  horns, 
  although 
  already 
  approaching 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  G. 
  r. 
  

   albonotata, 
  Rothschild, 
  from 
  the 
  Sudan, 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  

   much 
  expanded. 
  

  

  Tragelaphus 
  scriptus 
  pictus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Duguia, 
  Lower 
  Shari 
  River. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  (J 
  . 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum, 
  Frankfurt-a.-M. 
  

   Journal 
  uos. 
  799 
  (skin), 
  827 
  (skull). 
  Original 
  no. 
  H. 
  144. 
  

   Collected 
  February 
  27th, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Most 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  T. 
  s. 
  bor, 
  Heuglin, 
  from 
  tlie 
  Bahr-el- 
  

   Ghazal, 
  but 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  somewhat 
  brighter 
  colour 
  

   and 
  more 
  distinct 
  markings. 
  

  

  cJ 
  . 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown 
  (cinnamon 
  

   no. 
  2, 
  Rep.), 
  lighter 
  (near 
  cinnamon 
  no. 
  1) 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  (warm 
  sepia 
  no. 
  2) 
  below. 
  Neck 
  very 
  short- 
  

   haired, 
  huffy 
  (lighter 
  than 
  cinnamon 
  no. 
  1 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  black), 
  with 
  a 
  sooty 
  patch 
  on 
  withers 
  (warm 
  

   sepia 
  no. 
  21. 
  Crown 
  and 
  cheeks 
  light 
  brownish 
  (between 
  

   cinnamon 
  nos. 
  1-2). 
  The 
  " 
  Tragelaphine 
  '^ 
  dark 
  band 
  on 
  

   forearm 
  and 
  above 
  hock 
  very 
  conspicuous, 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  

   inside 
  of 
  the 
  legs, 
  slightly 
  mixed 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown 
  outside. 
  

   The 
  median 
  dark 
  line 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  muzzle 
  and 
  is 
  interrupted 
  

   at 
  the 
  forehead; 
  on 
  the 
  neck 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  very 
  

   conspicuously 
  mixed 
  with 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   crest. 
  Transverse 
  stripes 
  narrow, 
  rather 
  conspicuous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   two 
  longitudinal 
  white 
  stripes 
  present 
  in 
  almost 
  all 
  specimens; 
  

   in 
  old 
  males 
  they 
  tend 
  to 
  disappear 
  or 
  to 
  dissolve 
  into 
  small 
  

   spots. 
  White 
  spots 
  on 
  haunches 
  very 
  small. 
  Leg-markings 
  

   and 
  tail 
  as 
  usual. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  Rather 
  large, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  facial 
  region 
  ; 
  teeth 
  

   large 
  ; 
  bullae 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  forms. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  skulL 
  Basal 
  length 
  215 
  mm. 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   length 
  238; 
  palatal 
  length 
  120 
  ; 
  palatal 
  width 
  inside 
  mj 
  35 
  ; 
  

   postorbital 
  width 
  91*4; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  91T; 
  occipital 
  

   width 
  68*3 
  ; 
  nasals 
  86'lx22"0; 
  breadth 
  of 
  rostrum 
  across 
  

   premaxillae 
  35'4; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  tooth-row 
  (alv.) 
  66'6 
  ; 
  

   horns, 
  length 
  along 
  outer 
  curve 
  264, 
  greatest 
  diameter 
  at 
  

   base 
  37-7; 
  length 
  of 
  bulla 
  38-0. 
  

  

  This 
  race 
  ot 
  bushbuck 
  is 
  widely 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  Senegal 
  

   T. 
  s. 
  scriptus, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  males 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  

   of 
  dark 
  suffusion, 
  the 
  females 
  a 
  much 
  richer 
  colour 
  and 
  both 
  

   the 
  white 
  and 
  black 
  markings 
  much 
  more 
  distinct. 
  

  

  