﻿Racefi 
  of 
  Afiican 
  Ungulates. 
  43 
  

  

  nos. 
  1-2, 
  Rep.). 
  Neck 
  similar 
  but 
  lighter 
  (buff 
  no. 
  1), 
  and 
  

   sliglitly 
  speckled 
  with 
  blackish. 
  No 
  dark 
  patch 
  on 
  withei's 
  

   ( 
  ? 
  ). 
  Crown 
  and 
  cheeks 
  much 
  like 
  neck, 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  

   dark 
  suflusion. 
  Median 
  dark 
  line 
  not 
  interrupted 
  at 
  fore- 
  

   head, 
  very 
  narrow, 
  especially 
  on 
  posterior 
  back 
  ; 
  spinal 
  crest 
  

   A'cry 
  scanty, 
  hairs 
  without 
  any 
  white 
  tips. 
  Lower 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  white 
  stripe 
  well 
  developed; 
  upper 
  one 
  composed 
  of 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  rather 
  large 
  white 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  

   white 
  transverse 
  bands 
  and 
  extend 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  

   tail. 
  White 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  haunches 
  comparatively 
  large 
  and 
  

   very 
  conspicuous. 
  A 
  white 
  spot 
  below 
  eye. 
  

  

  Most 
  probably 
  this 
  form 
  intergrades 
  with 
  T. 
  s. 
  sig^iatus. 
  

  

  Tragelaphus 
  scriptus 
  uellensis, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Angu, 
  Welle 
  River. 
  

  

  2'ype. 
  ^. 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum, 
  Frankfurt-a.-M. 
  Jour- 
  

   nal 
  no. 
  1198. 
  Oiiginal 
  no. 
  .'294. 
  Collected 
  in 
  June 
  1911 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Schubotz. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  dull 
  rusty 
  brown 
  (tan-colour 
  

   no. 
  1), 
  distinctly 
  verniiculated 
  with 
  black, 
  all 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   having 
  black 
  tips, 
  on 
  sides 
  paler 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  black 
  

   suffusion. 
  Underside 
  of 
  body 
  brownish 
  black 
  (warm 
  sepia 
  

   no. 
  3) 
  , 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  red 
  of 
  the 
  rump 
  by 
  a 
  dull 
  brownish 
  

   zone 
  (much 
  duller 
  than 
  cinnamon 
  no. 
  4j. 
  Neck 
  very 
  pale, 
  

   yellowislv 
  (maize-yellow 
  no. 
  4), 
  strongly 
  speckled 
  with 
  black. 
  

   No 
  distinct 
  sooty 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  withers. 
  Crown 
  and 
  fore- 
  

   head 
  much 
  darker 
  (buff 
  no. 
  4) 
  than 
  cheeks 
  (buff 
  no. 
  1). 
  

   " 
  Tragelaphine 
  ^' 
  band 
  on 
  fore 
  leg 
  composed 
  behind 
  of 
  hairs 
  

   which 
  are 
  distinctly 
  annulatcd 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  and 
  blackish 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  in 
  front 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  blackish 
  hairs. 
  Median 
  

   dark 
  line 
  on 
  back 
  cf 
  nose 
  broad, 
  almost 
  X-shaped, 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  at 
  forehead. 
  Spinal 
  crest 
  moderately 
  long, 
  strongly 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  white 
  posteriorly. 
  Longitudinal 
  stripes 
  more 
  

   normal 
  than 
  in 
  T. 
  s. 
  punctatus, 
  the 
  lower 
  one 
  not 
  quite 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  the 
  haunches, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  short 
  and 
  not 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  to 
  the 
  transverse 
  stripes. 
  Transverse 
  stripes 
  distinct, 
  

   regular. 
  White 
  spots 
  on 
  haunches 
  numerous, 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  

   large 
  as 
  in 
  T. 
  s. 
  punctatus. 
  

  

  This 
  bushbuck 
  has 
  obviously 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  Matschie's 
  

   T. 
  s. 
  makala 
  from 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Ituri 
  River, 
  whose 
  colour 
  is 
  

   described 
  as 
  " 
  Marron 
  d'lnde.^-' 
  It 
  also 
  diffeis 
  from 
  the 
  

   Ubangi 
  form 
  just 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  characters 
  indicated 
  above 
  

   and 
  also 
  in 
  its 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  individual 
  hairs 
  are 
  really 
  lighter 
  

   than 
  in 
  that 
  race, 
  but 
  the 
  black 
  tips 
  give 
  a 
  much 
  duller 
  

   appearance 
  to 
  the 
  fur. 
  This 
  race 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  much 
  

  

  