278 On some Local Forms o/" Cephaloplms natalensis. 



Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith. 

 1831. Cephalophus nutalensli, A. Sm. S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. p. 217. 



General colour above " tawny/^ below paler. Throat as 

 far back as ears Avhite^ remainder of throat, chest and 

 cheeks slightly paler than belly. Nape pale slaty blue with 

 a brownish tinge. Area of face above nostrils tinged 

 greyish. 



Dimensions (as given by Smith) : — 



Head and body 850 mm. ; tail 112 ; ears 6.2. 



The label on the type specimen states that these measure- 

 ments exactly corresponded with thoseofthe s/w^erf specimen, 

 from which they were therefore evidently taken. The type 

 was a rather young female (last molar not quite up) ; in an 

 adult male specimen from Zululand the length oi: the head 

 and body measured in the flesh is recorded as 759 mm. and 

 the ears as 76 mm., and these are almost certainly more 

 reliable figures of the dimensions. 



Cephalophus natalensis amoenus, subsp. n. 



Size as in natalensis. General colour above darker than in 

 natalensis ; back redder, flanks yellower, belly scarcely paler 

 than back ; white throat-patch as in natalensis ; lower throat 

 slightly paler than belly. Nape very much darker than in 

 true natalensis, almost black. 



Skull as in natalensis. 



Dimensions of the type (body- measurements recorded by 

 collector) : — 



Head and body 818 mm. ; tail 89 ; hind foot 199; ear 75. 



Skull: greatest length 165; basal length 143; palatal 

 length 83 ; zygomatic breadth 72; nasals 51; upper molar 

 series 44. 



Hub. Transvaal (type from Legogot) , 



Type. Old male. B.M. no. 6. 11. 7. 13. Original num- 

 ber 1468. Collected 19th ]\lay, 1906, by C. 11. B. Grant, 

 and presented to the Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd. 



Cephalophus natalensis robertsi. 



1900. Ciphalophus robertsi, Rotbs. P. Z. S. p. (ini. 

 l'J07. Cephalophus 7iatalensis vas<ei, Troues?. lUill. Mas. II. N. uo. 7, 

 p. 443. 



Size somewhat larger than natalensis. General colour 

 " uniform orange-chestnut (or pale Chinese orange), of a 

 much paler yellower and brighter shade " than in natalensis; 



