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DEFASSA, or SING-SING. 



Type of Kolus. 



Typical locality near Lake Tana, Abyssinia, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the upper course of the Blue Nile. 



Distinguished from the type species by the elliptical 

 white ring on the rump being replaced by a large white 



FIG. 27. SKULL AND HORNS OP UGANDA DEFASSA 

 (Kobus defassa Uganda}. 







patch, not extending above level of root of tail ; ears usually 

 shorter than in that species; general colour ranging from 

 bright rufous to smoky or blackish grizzled ; markings, with 

 the exception of the rump-patch, and colour-pattern of the 

 same general type as in K. ellipsiprymnus. Horn-dimensions 

 are given under the headings of the races. Distribution 

 approximately co-extensive with that of the genus. 



The species is represented in the collection by at least 



