NEOTI;A<;IN.K 157 



Nototragus melanotis, Thomas and Schivann, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1906, p. 10 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 882. 



Grysbock melanotis, Knot tner us -Meyer, Arch. Nattirgesch. vol. Ixxiii, 

 pt. 1, p. 99, 1907. 



The following names have been applied to albinistic 

 varieties of this or other species of the genus : 



Antilope tragulus pallida, Lichtenstein, Mag. nat. Freunde, vol. vi, 

 p. 177, 1814 ; Forstcr, Descrip. Anim. p. 876, 1844. 



Antilope pediotragus, Afzelius, Nova Acta Soc. Upsal. vol. vii, pp. 

 260 and 264, 1815 ; Goldfuss, Schreber's Sdugethiere, vol. v, 

 p. 1238, 1818 ; Smuts, Enum. Mamni. Cap. p. 84, 1832 ; Gervais, 

 Diet. Sci. Nat., Suppl. vol. i, p. 262, 1840; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. 

 Regne Anim., Mamm. p. 177, 1842. 



Antilope pallida, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, 

 p. 251, vol. v, p. 342, 1827. 



Antilope rufescens, H. Hmith, op. cit. vol. iv, p. 249, vol. v, p. 341, 

 1827; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim., Mamm. p. 177, 1842; 

 Schinz, Synop. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 412, 1845. 



Tragulus pediotragus, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii, 

 p. 213, 1834. 



Calotragus melanotis pallida, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 70, 1850, 

 Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 72, 1852. 



Calotragus rufescens, Temminck, Esqiiiss. Zool. Guine, p. 192, 1853. 



Pediotragus rufescens, Jentink, Cat. Mamm. Ley den Mus. (Mus. 

 Pays-Bas, vol. xi) p. 165, 1892. 



GRYSBOK. 



Typical locality Cape Colony. 



Height about 22 inches. General colour of the long and 

 coarse coat deep rich rufous profusely speckled with white, 

 owing to the presence of a large number of white hairs ; 

 under-parts paler than back, but not white ; frequently a 

 blackish crescentic mark on crown ; ears very large, grey 

 externally ; very small lateral hoofs present ; tail very short, 

 without any black at tip ; horns of the same general type 

 as those of campestris, but shorter, the maximum recorded 

 length being 4| inches. 



The range extends as far north as Zambesia and 

 Mozambique. 



40, b. Skin, female, mounted. Cape of Good Hope. 



Presented ly Dr. W. J. Burchell, about 1817. 



46, a. Skin. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased. 



37. 9. 26. 123. Skull and skin, immature female. Cape 



