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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Blue Duiker. 



BLUE DUIKER (Cephalophus monticola). 

 Ipiti of the Zulu tribes. 



In the great majority of the duikers, that is to say all except the 

 three included in the group mentioned above, the horns, which are 

 generally present in both sexes, slope backwards either in or just below 

 the line of the profile of the nose. The present species is included in 

 a sub-group characterised by the smoky-brown or blackish coloration, 

 and is especially distinguished by the rufous legs and uniformly coloured 

 rump, the height at the shoulder being 1 3 inches. Weight about 8 Ibs. 

 clean. 



Distribution. Southern Africa, from the wooded districts of Cape 

 Colony northwards to Benguela on the west, and Nyasaland on 

 the east. 



Length on 

 front. 



-2i 



2 A 



-2i 

 2 



2 



-2 

 2 

 It 



Circum- 

 ference. 



If 



if 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



i| Tushila Plain, B.C. A. 



ij Cape Colony 



Knysna, Cape Colony 



1 1 Pondoland . 



if Knysna, Cape Colony 



i| Do. 



1 2 Natal . 

 Benguela 



if 



ii 



18 



N. Rhodesia 



Benguela 



Knysna 



- Owner's measurements. 



Owner. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 F. Vaughan Kirby. 

 South African Museum. 

 J. Rosen. 

 J. L. Drege. 

 Mr. Justice Hopley. 



F. C. Selous. 



G. W. Penrice. 

 P. C. Keytel. 

 L. De Fries. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



Lieut. Hon. R. O. B. Bridgeman, 

 R.N. 



