African Antelopes of ike Waterhuch Group. 495 



Type, ? . Sanckoiiberg ]\Iuscum, Frankfiirf-a.-M. Jour- 

 nal 110. ?>2\. Original no. 78. (/oUecteJ in Dccoinbcr 1910 

 by Dr. II. Scliubotz. 



Alii'd to K. defassa Ischadensis*, but much darker and 

 with shorter iieck-iiuuie. 



Anterior portion of back, withers, and upper parts of 

 sliouklers brownish red (between fawn nos. 2 and 3, K^p. de 

 CouL), strongly suffused with black g,nd less contrasted witli 

 tiie colour of the neck, as in tschadensis. Colour of neck 

 similar, but witii much less black suffusion, owing to the 

 much sliorter blackish tips of the hairs. Crown and forehead 

 brownish red (fawn no. 2) ; middle portion of tace simihir, 

 but some hairs with black tips, which increase towards tlie 

 muzzle, thus producing an almost black effect in the forerno;<t 

 portion of tlieface; muzzle surrounded by the usual white 

 band, ('hceks greyish red; the whitish throat-band rather 

 conspicuous. Back of cars reddish brown in tiie basal two- 

 tliiras, apical tiiird black, whereas in K. d. tschadensis only 

 the extreme tip and in K. d. schuhotzi the apical fourth is 

 blackish. Buttocks white, sharply contrasted with the in- 

 distinct brownish-red area which margins the dark colour of 

 the rump, and which is continued down the posterior side 

 of the legs and to the tail. Hind legs from hock-;, fore legs 

 from below shoulders, and tail-tip brownish black (reddisii 

 bjack no. 4, Hep.). Light bands round false hoofs dirty 

 white, those round hoofs brownish. Underside of body so ^ty 

 brown except the inguinal region, which is white like the 

 buttocks and t!ie inner side of the thighs. 



Skull. As in K. d. tschadensis; in the only male specimen, 

 unfortunately not full-grown, the horns appear to be slightly 

 thinner than in tschadensis. 



The waterbuck of the Upper Shari Valley is intermediate 

 between the Chad and Ubangi races. Although the general 

 style of marking, the texture of the fur, and the skull are 

 very much as in A", d. tschadensis, the dark colour, shorter 

 mane, and brown hoof-bands strongly recall the race which 

 is now described as 



Kuhus defassa schuhotzi, subsp. n, 



Typ& locality. Duma, near Libenge, Ubangi River. 



Type. ^ . Senclcenberg Museum, Frankfurt-a.-H. Juuiv 

 nal nos. 223 (skull), 214 (skin). Original no, 21. Collected 

 in October 1910 by Dr. H. Schubotz, 



* When describing tlie Lake Chad race, I have, by some mistake, 

 used A', unctuosus instead of A', defassa, which is the oldest name for u 

 form of this jjioup. 



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