MAMMALIA. 85 



Osteol. Spec. 57; Knowsley Menag. 10. t. 7- f. 2; Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1850, 123; Sundevall, Pecora, 134. 

 Antilope niger, Temm. Mus. Leyden. 

 Hob. Guinea. 



A male, half-grown. Coast of Guinea. From Leyden Museum. 

 OSTEOLOGY. Leg-bones, imperfect. 



12. CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS. The NATAL BUSH BUCK 



or RHOODE BOK. 



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, whitish. Lower part of cheek, throat and 

 abdomen, pale yellowish. Crown and tuft bright red. Horns 

 short, conical. 



Antilope Natalensis, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. 217; 



Illust. Zool. S. Africa, t. 32. 



Cephalophorus Natalensis, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 167. 

 Cephalophus Natalensis, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1846, 165; 



Knowsley Menag. 10. 



Sylvicapra Natalensis, Sundevall, Pecora, 66. 

 Hab. S.Africa; Port Natal. 



Male and two females. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss' Col- 

 lection. 



Female. Port Natal. From the South African Museum. 

 Male. Port Natal. From Mr. Williams's Collection. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Skulls. Port Natal. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



A. Natalensis inhabits the forests about Port Natal and coun- 

 try more to the eastward, living in thick brushwood which blocks 

 up the intervals between the larger trees; they feed on grass, 

 the young shoots of trees, and the more delicate twigs of the 

 smaller shrubs. They take the place the Little Blue Antelope 

 occupies at the Cape. A. Smith. 



13. CEPHALOPHUS RUFILATUS. The COQUETOON. 



Deep reddish bay. Legs, nape, streak on the nose to the 

 crown, and broad streak on 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, obscure 

 annulated, slightly recurved. 



Antilope (Cephalophus) Grimmia, H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 266. 



