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cotioni is that in coitoiii the horns spread outwards much more abruptly from 

 the base and are directed much further backwards and upwards, and the 

 points of the horns turn outwards or are bent straight forward and hooked 

 right over, while in bohor the horns rise much straighter from the base, and the 

 points either curve forwards and inwards or are directed straight upwards. 

 We seem to have here a series of definite forms, but owing to occasional 

 intermediates occurring, 1 am of opinion that we cannot treat tliem other- 



Front View of Skull of Abyssinian Reedbuck. 



(Co-'icapra >cdunca /■o/ioi:) 



wise than as subspecies of the one widely spread species Ccrvicapra rcdunca, 

 and they would be as follows : — 



Ccrvicapra rcdunca redwica. — West Africa, north of forest region. 

 Horns short and stout, very thick at base, curved in front, points turned 

 inwards. 



Ccrvicapra rcdunca coiiotji. — Kordofan, White Nile, and Isle of 

 Meroe. Horns long and thin, much curved outwards and backwards, with 

 the points curled straight over or directly outwards. 



