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8. Cephalophus oorsalis. The Bay Bush Goat. 



Dark bay ; shoulders and legs darker ; hair brown, a few on the 

 haunches white-tipped ; crown and nape, broad streak along the back 

 to end of tail black ; spot over each eye ; lips, sides of chin, front of 

 chest, under side of tail and inside of thighs pale brown. 



Cephalophus dorsalis. Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1846, 165; 

 Knowsley Menag. 10. t. 7. f. 1. 



Inhabits Sierra Leone : called Bush Goat. Brit. Mus. The head 

 is very large, the skull short, broad, forehead rounded. 



9. Cephalophus nicer. The Black Bush Buck. 



Sooty black, greyer in the front half of the body ; chin, throat, 

 abdomen and inside of thighs grey ; forehead and crown dark bay and 

 black mixed : cheeks pale brown and black varied ; tail, end whitish. 



Antilope niger, Mus. Leyden. — Cephalophus niger, Grav, Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1846, 165 ; Knowsley Menag. 10. t. 7. t2. 



Inhabits Guinea. British Museum. Sierra Leone {Mr. Whitfield) . 

 Knowsley Museum. 



In the British Museum there is a male from the Leyden Museum, 

 nearly as large as the former. 



10. Cephalophus Natalensis. The Natal Bush Buck. 

 Bright red bay ; nape, withers and feet varied with dark grey hairs; 



nose-streak short, blackish ; lips, chin, upper part of throat and end 

 of tail white ; lower part of cheeks, throat and abdomen pale yellow- 

 ish ; crown and tuft bright red ; horns short, conical. 



Antilope natalensis, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Joum. 217; lUust. 

 Z. S. A. t. 32. — Cephalophus natalensis. Gray, Knowsley Menag. 10. 



Inhabits S. Africa. Port Natal. Brit. Mus. Five specimens of 

 difiFerent ages. Resembles C. Ogilbii in size and colouring, but wants 

 the dorsal streak. The females are horned. 



11. Cephalophus RUFiLATUs. The Coquetoon. 



Deep reddish bay ; legs, nape, streak on the nose to the crown and 

 broad streak on the back blackish grey ; ears blackish ; crest and 

 upper part of tail black ; cheeks rather paler ; chin and abdomen 

 pale yellowish ; inside of ears whitish, with a brown spot on the outer 

 side ; horns conical, rather elongate, obscurely aimulated, sUghtly 

 recurved. 



Cephalophus nfilatus. Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1846, 166; 

 Kaiowsley Menag. 10. t. 9.— Antilope Grimmia, H. Smith, G. A, k! 

 V. 266. — Le Grimme, BuflFon, H. N. xii. t. 41. f. 2, 3? 



Far. 1 . Sides paler, greyish red ; forehead rough. 



Le Grimme, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithog. t. . not good. 



Inhabits Sierra Leone, called Coquetoon. Brit. Mus. 



The hair is rather paler at the base, of the dorsal streak grey, with 

 a blackish tip. 



M. F. Cuvier's (Mamm. Lithog. t. .) figure is the pale variety, 

 which Mr. WTiitfield regards as distinct ; he says it is called Grimme 

 by the natives : the separate head of Cuvier's plate appears to have 

 been taken from the Guevei. 



