.')G ^Ir. E. Sclnvaiz on neio 



by its wliiter underside^ more brownish back, and paler 

 thighs. 



Colour of " mantle '' dark chocolate-brown (warm sepia, 

 305 Kep.), lighter (no. 3) anteriorly, darker on the rump 

 and the pygal region (no. 4), margined behind by a pale 

 brownish band, and markedly contrasted with the pale 

 colour of the thighs and flanks. Colour of thighs much 

 paler and less brownish than in the eastern forms, much 

 greyer than " otter-brown •'•' (354.2), perhaps with a slight 

 tinge of " smoke-grey '' (363.4). Outside of legs "smoke- 

 grey " (no. 4) outside, pale brownish inside. Underside of 

 i)ody much lighter than in the eastern forms, nearly white in 

 some specimens, with a slight tinge of "smoke-grey'^ (no. 1) 

 in others. 



Dimensions of type skull. Occipito-nasal length 116 mm. ; 

 zygomatic width 55-6; orbital width, greatest 54'6, post- 

 orl)ital o2'6; nasals, length 43*6, greatest breadth 20*5; 

 length of upper tooth-row (alv.) 36'7. 



('ej)huluphvs cceriilus me/anorrheus, Gray, of Fernando Po, 

 vith which this form has been generally united, is a much 

 smaller and duller-coloured anin)al. From the races of the 

 " Blue Duiker''' from the eastern parts of tlie African forest 

 C. c. schuUzei difters much less than from this island form. 

 It must ])e rather distinct from Lonnberg's C. c. congicus 

 from the Lower Congo, wldch is described as having rufous 

 legs, like the southern races and ('. c. ancliieta from Angola. 



Sylvicapra (jrimmia pallidior, subsp. n. 



Type locality. INIani, Lower Sliari River. 



Type. ? , subadult. Senckenberg Museum, Fiankfurt- 

 a.-M. Journal nos. 1038 (skin), /04 (skull). Original 

 no. R. 37. Collected February 19th, 191 1. 



Distinguished from S. (j . ahyssinica, Thos., by its slightly 

 largcjr size and much paler colour. Coat rather short. 



Dorsal surface strongly sjjccklcd })ale yellow (maize-yellow 

 no. 4, Rc[).) and black. Median line generally not markedly 

 darker, but shoulders and flanks much less speckled, so as to 

 appear almost yellow. The pale colour of the shoulders and 

 neck extends to the head, where it deepens to ochraceous 

 ])iiiT (bull' no. 2, Rep.) ; checks lighter, similar to shoulders. 

 Black facial stri[)e mostly extending from I'hiiiarium to fore- 

 head, but not confluent with the black tuft on vertex. Ba<;k 

 of ears blackish grey, margined Mitli pale yellow. Chin 

 white, except two brownish-black patches just below lips. 

 Chest (lull bnfty, belly white. Tail below white, with a 



