Races of Afvican Ungulates, 41 



The dark colour and the shape of the orbits and muzzle 

 serve to distinguish this race from its geographical neighbours. 

 The horns, although already approaching the type of G. r. 

 alhonotata, Rothschild, from the Sudan, are not quite so 

 much expanded. 



Tragelaphus scriptus pictus, subsp. n. 



Type localiii/. Duguia, Lower Shari River. 



Type. Adult (J . Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-a.-M. 

 Journal nos. 799 (skin), 827 (skull). Original no. H. U4. 

 Collected February 27tli, 1911. 



Most nearly allied to T. s. hor, Heugliu, from the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal, but distinguished by its somewhat brighter colour 

 and more distinct markings. 



$ . General colour above pale reddish brown (cinnamon 

 no. 2, Rep.), lighter (near cinnamon no. 1) on the sides, 

 blackish brown (warm sepia no. 2) below. Xeck very short- 

 haired, buffy (lighter than cinnamon no. 1 and strongly 

 speckled with black), with a sooty patch on withers (warm 

 sepia no. 2). Crown and cheeks light brownish (between 

 cinnamon nos. l-2j. The " Tragelaphine'^ dark band on 

 forearm and above hock very conspicuous, black on the 

 inside of the legs, slightly mixed with reddish brown outside. 

 The median dark line begins at the muzzle and is interrupted 

 at the forehead; on the neck it is very narrow and very 

 conspicuously mixed with white in the portion of the dorsal 

 crest. Transverse stripes narrow, rather conspicuous ; the 

 two longitudinal white stripes present in almost all specimens ; 

 in old males they tend to disappear or to dissolve into small 

 spots. White spots on haunches very small. Leg-markings 

 and tail as usual. 



Skull. Rather large, especially in the facial region : teeth 

 large; bullae much larger than in any of the eastern forms. 



Dimensions of type skull. Basal length 215 mm. ; upper 

 length 238; palatal length 120 ; palatal width inside Wo 35 ; 

 postorbital width 9T4 ; zygomatic width 91T ; occipital 

 Avidth 68'3 ; nasals 86-lx22'0; breadth of rostrum across 

 premaxillee 35'-4; length of upper tooth-row (alv.) 65*6; 

 horns, length along outer curve 264, greatest diameter at 

 base 37-7; length of bulla 38-0. 



This race of bushbuck is widely distinct from the Senegal 

 T. s. scriptus, in which the males have a considerable amount 

 of dark suffusion, the females a much richer colour and both 

 the white and black markings much more distinct. 



