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and neck retains its darker points, even when th* 

 winter coat is dropping off. 



The upper parts of the body are of a clear yellow- 

 ish-brown colour, deepening on the ridge of the back 

 into blackish-grey. The hairs are much longer be- 

 tween the ears and on the back of the neck, where 

 they form an erect mane, of a blackish-brown colour 

 on its tips. The sides and thighs are paler than the 

 back, and approach in colour to a clear wood-brown. 

 The under jaw is of a very pale yellowish -brown co- 

 lour, fading to white. The hair is bushy about the 

 angle of the lower jaw, and has a wood-brown colour. 

 This colour forms three belts across the throat, which 

 differ from each other in breadth, and are separated 

 by two patches of pure white. The chest, belly, in- 

 sitles of the thighs, and legs, the tail, and a large 

 patch around it, which includes the rump and upper 

 part of the buttocks, are pure white. There is a 

 pale yellowish mark at the root of the tail, which is 

 four and a half inches long. The legs are slender, 

 with long shank-bones. The fur covering their an- 

 terior surfaces is yellowish brown. It has only two 

 hoofs, there being no vestige of the posterior supple- 

 mentary ones. 



The length of the animal, from the nose to the 

 root of the tail, is about four feet four inches. The 

 height at the shoulder about three feet. 



The females examined by Dr Richardson were 

 nearly without horns, although by some writers both 

 ae.^es are said to be furnished with these weapons. 



