TRAGELAPHIN^E 165 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort -ain-Main. 



Allied to T. s. lor, but somewhat brighter coloured, with 

 more distinct markings. General colour pale reddish brown 

 (dark cinnamon), lighter on flanks; under-parts blackish 

 brown ; neck short-haired, buffish, speckled with black ; a 

 sooty patch on withers ; dorsal crest mingled with white ; 

 crown and cheeks light brownish ; dark bands on fore-legs 

 and above hocks conspicuous ; transverse stripes narrow but 

 fairly distinct ; two longitudinal bands general present, but 

 tending to disappear with age ; spots on haunches small. 

 Skull rather large (basal length 8J inches = 215 mm.), with 

 the auditory bullse much larger than in lor. 



7. 7. 8. 233. Skin. Shari Valley, Lake Chad district ; 

 collected during the Alexander-Gosling Expedition. 



Presented ly the Alexander-Gosling Expedition, 1907. 



The following Nigerian specimens are probably referable, 

 respectively, to one or other of this and the two following 

 races : 



99. 8. 24. 5. Skull and skin. Jebba, Nigeria. 



Presented ty Dr. C. Christy, 1899. 



5. 5. 10. 11. Skin. Wase, Northern Nigeria. 



Presented ty Dr. H. K. W. Kumm, 1905. 



6. 2. 12. 3-4. Two skulls, with horns, and skins. 

 Twelve miles north of Yola, Northern Nigeria. 



Presented by W. T. Gower, Esq., 1906. 



12. 7. 16. 4. Foetal skin. Nassarawa Province, Nigeria. 



Presented ly D. Cator, Esq., 1912. 



N. Tragrelaphus seriptus sig-natus. 



Tragelaphus seriptus signatus, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 



vol. xiii, p. 42, 1914. 

 (?) Tragelaphus seriptus punctatus, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ser. 8, vol. xiii, p. 42, 1914. 



Typical locality " Les M'Brous," Tome Valley, near the 

 Gribinge-Ubangui Watershed, N. W. Africa. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort-arn-Main. 



Differs from pictus by its inferior size (basal skull-length 

 (8J inches = 206 mm.), longer coat, and deeper colour, which 



