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SOUTH AFJIICAN MAMMALS 



from drab-grey to dark-grey, the latter being more often 

 found in the Cape. A black stripe on the middle of the 

 face ; forehead and a tuft of hair between the horns, 

 rufous brown. Chin, belly and the inside of the legs 

 white, front of legs and all round at the fetlock, black. 



FIG. 94. A Pretoria Bush veld "bag " : Duiker on the right. 



The female is also sometimes horned ; if so the horns 

 are thin, pointed and often deformed; the author 

 possesses a pair measuring 2i inches. 



The horns of the male are straight, sometimes divergent 

 to a more or less degree, ringed and roughened at the 

 base, smooth toward the tips and varying from 3 to 

 6 inches in length. Eecord 6| inches. Height at 



