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bluntly pointed at the tip, and tubular for a considerable distance at 

 the base ; most of the long hairs on the inner edges being white, as is 

 also much of the inner surface of the outer margin. The white 

 markings include a not very distinct chevron between the eyes, the 

 usual patches on the sides of the muzzle and chin, a pair of spots on 



each side of the face below the 

 eye, and a smaller and fainter 

 one behind the same, a narrow 

 but deep gorget on the throat, 

 and a wider but less deep one 

 of a more lunate shape on the 

 upper part of the chest. A 

 curved row of nine spots 

 some of which are fainter than 

 the rest extends from a point 

 about over the head of the 

 thigh-bone to the back of the 

 lower part of the shoulder. 

 There is another white spot 

 on each side of the buttocks. 

 The inner surface of the thighs 

 and of the upper portion of the 

 fore-legs is dirty white. A 

 white area occupies the back 

 of each fore-leg below the knee, 

 extending on to the outer and 

 inner surfaces of the limb, but 

 not reaching the pastern ; and 

 a somewhat similar area occurs 

 on the hind -leg, extending 

 slightly above the hock. There 

 is a pair of white oval spots 

 on each fetlock some distance above the hoof. 



In the second head, of an older buck, the horns are of greater 

 length, and much battered on the front surface, and worn away at the 

 tips, of which the left one is broken. They form about one turn and 

 a quarter, and have a more upright direction than in the type 

 specimen, in both of which respects they are more nyala-like. 

 Although the buck to which this head belonged was a member of the 

 same herd as the type, the coat is longer and looser, especially on the 

 throat, where it forms an incipient fringe. The colour is darker and 



Rowland U'ard Copyright. 



Head of Mountain Nyala. 



