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and a lower longitudinal band, a series of eight or nine vertical stripes, 

 and a number of spots on the hind-quarters and a smaller number 

 behind the shoulder ; the ground-colour being bright rufous. A pair 

 of spots may be situated on the nose, corresponding to the chevron of 

 kudu, and also a spot behind and below each eye ; while there is very 

 generally a white gorget on the throat and another white band on the 

 chest. The under -parts are normally white ; and there is usually 

 much white on the limbs, especially their inner sides. 



From such a brilliantly coloured animal there is practically a 

 complete gradation to one in which the colour, when fully adult, is 

 dark with extremely faint or no light markings. 



The following list, alphabetically arranged, includes all the various 

 local forms of small bushbucks to which names (either specific or 

 racial) have been given ; the description of the colouring being based, 

 except when otherwise stated, on adult males : 



1. bor, Upper Nile. Neck normal; crest black; three to five stripes 



in male, more in female. General colour pale brownish. White 

 markings of limbs well developed (as usual). Female more 

 fully marked than male. 



2. dama, Kavirondo. Neck with a collar ; crest white ; no stripes or 



bands, but lower band indicated by a row of spots. General 

 colour yellowish brown, darker on the under-parts. 



3. decula, Abyssinia. Neck normal ; crest dark ; as a rule, no stripes, 



but a narrow upper band and a line of spots representing the 

 lower band. General colour yellowish. 



4. delamerei, Somaliland. Described from young female. Neck with 



a collar ; no stripes or spots. General colour dark yellowish 

 brown. White markings on limbs obsolete. 



5. fasa'atus, Somaliland. Neck with a collar ; crest apparently white ; 



four or five stripes, but no upper band. General colour reddish. 



6. knutsoni, Cameroons. Generally like scriptus (typicus), but with the 



neck normal, the crest wholly black and developed in both sexes, 

 and black markings on the limbs ; eight or nine stripes. 



7. masaicus, British and German East Africa. Generally like multi- 



color, being reddish brown above and brownish black beneath, 

 but the two colours not so sharply contrasted ; much more 

 white on the head, and more spots on the hind-quarters. Also 

 a white nose-spot. The young are much lighter, not black 

 below, and, according to the under-mentioned account by 

 Mr. Jackson, are striped. 



