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F. Tragelaphus scriptus decula. 



Antilope decula, Riippell, Ncue Wirbelth. Abyssin. p. 11, pi. iv, 

 1835-40; Schinz, Synop. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 427, 1845; Huet, 

 Bull. Soc. Acclim. ser. 4, vol. iv, p. 78, 1887. 



Antilope (Tragelaphus) decula, Gervais, Diet. Sci. Nat., Suppl. vol. i, 

 p. 266, 1840 ; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim. p. 181, 1842 ; 

 Reichenbach, Sdugethiere, vol. iii, p. 78, 1845 ; Giebel, Sduqe- 

 thiere, p. 311, 1853-55. 



Calliope decula, Riippell, Verzeichniss Mus. Senckenberg. vol. iii 

 pt. 2, p. 182, 1842. 



Tragelaphus decula, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 166, 1843, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 145, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 28, 1850, 

 Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 139, 1852. Cat. Ruminants Brit. 

 Mus. p. 50, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 120, 1873; 

 Wagner, Schreber's Sdugthiere, Suppl. vol. iv, p. 442, 1844, 

 vol. v, p. 445, 1855; Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 

 1844, p. 189, 1846 ; Schinz, Mon. Antilop. p. 26, 1848 ; Heuglin, 

 Nova Acta Ac. Cces. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx, p. 20, pi. i, fig. 5, 1863, 

 Zoogr. Roth. Meer, p. 26, 1869, Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 319, 1869, 

 Reise Nordost-AfriJca, vol. ii, p. 120, 1877 ; Flower, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1875, p. 186; Brooke, ibid. 1878, p. 884; Jentink, Cat. 

 Osteol. Ley den Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, vol. ix) p. 141, 1889, Cat. 

 Mamm. Leyden Mus. (op. cit. vol. xi) p. 173, 1892; Lydekker, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 252, 1893; Ward, Records of Big Game, 

 ed. 2, p. 196, 1896 ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, 

 pp. 81 and 83, 1897 ; Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, 

 vol. iv, p. 105, pi. Ixxxviii, 1900; Lonnberg, Archiv Zool. vol. ii, 

 no. 15, p. 6, 1905 ; Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1912, 

 p. 545. 



Tragelaphus scriptus decula, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 388; 

 W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 233, 1900 ; 

 Rothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, 

 p. 477, 1902 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 328. 1908 ; 

 Drake-Brockman, Mammals of Somali, p. 91, 1910 ; Ward, 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 309, 1910. 



(?) Tragelaphus decula fulvo-ochraceus, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. 

 Freunde, 1912, p. 564. 



Typical locality Abyssinia. 



Height at shoulder about 26 inches. Neck fully haired ; 

 dorsal crest black ; general colour yellowish or sandy brown, 

 gradually darkening on shoulders and hind-quarters, and so 

 on to under-parts ; a white spot below each eye, and another 

 on lower jaw ; two longitudinal bands, of which the lower is 

 broken up into streaks, but generally no distinct transverse 

 stripes or haunch-spots; usual throat- and limb-markings 

 present. T. decula fulvo-ochraceus is based on the skull and 

 skin of a female from Dungoler, near Lake Tsana (Tana), 



