6 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6l 



x 48 ; orbit to gnathion, 242 ; length of upper tooth row, 1 10 ; vertical 

 diameter of orbit, 50; PM 1 to gnathion, 123; length of premaxillae, 

 no; length of anterior nares, 83; width of palate across M\ 97; 

 width between bullae, 35. Skull old, the last molar showing consider- 

 able wear and the suture between basioccipital and basisphenoid fully 

 anchylosed. Skull distinguishable from nzoicc by its narrowness of 

 palate, long tooth row and narrowness of basioccipital between the 

 tympanic bullae. 



Four specimens are in the collection from the headwaters of the 

 Amala River near the German border of British East Africa. These 

 agree with the type in coloration of body and large size of skull. 



KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS KURU, new subspecies 



Swahili Waterbuck 



Type from Taveta, Kilimanjaro district, British East Africa; im- 

 mature male, Cat. No. \%\l\ , U. S. Nat. Mus. ; collected by Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott. 



Characters. — Mostly closely allied to Kobus ellipsiprymnus thikcc 

 of the Athi Plains, but differing from this race by its darker, sepia- 

 brown color ; legs darker brown but snout not darker than body color 

 and showing little contrast to the color of the forehead. 



Coloration. — Median dorsal region uniform dark brown, warm 

 sepia of Ridgway ; sides lighter, deep brownish drab in color ; breast 

 drab, the belly whitish. White stripe on hindquarters not continuous 

 across rump ; broad and distinct on sides however. Tail sepia like 

 back, the tip very little darker ; a narrow line of white on underside. 

 Legs from knees and hocks uniform sepia-brown, darker than the 

 sides ; a white fringe above hoofs and false hoofs. Neck somewhat 

 lighter than the body, dark brownish-drab ; nape uniform in color 

 with the throat ; a whitish blotch on upper throat. Sides of head like 

 the neck in color, dorsal surface of snout sepia-brown but not con- 

 trasting with the more reddish cinnamon-brown forehead ; rhinarium 

 of snout bordered by a white band ; lips and chin white ; a broad white 

 area at front angle of eye about two inches long. Area about eyes 

 and back of ears ochraceous-tawny ; tips of ears sepia-brown, inside 

 white. 



No flesh measurements of the type are available and the skull is also 

 missing at present. The skull is recorded, however, by Doctor True, 

 who gives the horn length as ten inches. A skin with horns this 

 length is in the collection from Juja Farm, which is within a few miles 



