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by the shape of its liorns. Hoof-bands present, but extremely 

 narrow. 



Dorsal colour ochraceous tawny, darker on posterior back. 

 Rump and sides lighter, ociiraceous buff ; underparts, thiglis, 

 and shoulders buff. Top of head distinctly tawny ; cheeks 

 and throat lioht ochraceous buff, chin sharply contrasted by 

 its brownish-bhick colour. A very narrow seal-brown band 

 round hoofs, continuous with a large spot above hoof, and a 

 stripe to the wrists and hocks of the same colour. Tail crest 

 and tip black, base light buffy. 



Skull. Distinguished by its general slender form and long 

 and narrow nasals. Horns large. Cliiefly differing from 

 those of B. I. lehoel in being much less depressed. Horn- 

 tips strongly curved, pointing inward or outward. Angle 

 formed by the ascending portion of horns and the tips very 

 large, whereas in B. I. lehoel it is about 90°. Anterior 

 aspect of horns decidedly V-shaped, more so than in B. I. 

 lelwel. 



Dimensions of type skull. Basal length 397 mm. ; palatal 

 length 240 ; zygomatic width 125, postorbital width 135 ; 

 mastoid width 110; length of nasals 220 ; lengtii of upper 

 cheek-teeth series (alv.) 102 ; distance from first premolar 

 (alv.) to gnathion 146. 



By the erect horns and the curved horn-tips this harte- 

 beest is easily distinguished from its eastern representatives 

 B. I. lelwel and B. I. niediecki. From B. I. roosevelii it 

 differs in having narrow hoof-bands and seal-brown (not 

 tawii}') leg-stripes. 



Egocerus equinus scharicus, subsp. n. 



Type locality. Abilela, lower Shari River. 



Type. ($ ad. Senckenberg ]\luseum, Frankfurt-a.-M. 

 Journal no. 781. Original no. A 137. Collected February 

 25th, 1911. 



Dorsal colour ochraceous buff, paler on sides of body; 

 neck and withers strongly suffused with white, thus pro- 

 ducing a slight greyish hue ; hairs of neck-mane brownish 

 buff at base, then Mars-brown, with short blackish tips. 

 The pale brown spinal line is continued by a black one on 

 the tail; tail-tip black. Thighs and legs ochraceous for the 

 greater part of their length ; only immediately above hoofs 

 they are clay-coloured. False hoofs of fore and hind legs 

 margined black. A seal-brown band on the anterior side of 

 the fore legs runs to the wrists only in some specimens, but 



