towards the muzzle, and compressed lateralh^ Carcase robust. 

 Withers elevated. Neck broad and flat. Hoofs black, obtuse, and 

 rather short. Hair close and smooth : general colour of the coat 

 intense glossy black, with an occasional cast of deep chestnut. A 

 dirty white streak commencing above each eye, continued by a pen- 

 cil of long hairs covering the place of the suborbital pouch, (of 

 which cavity no trace is to be found in this Antelope,) and then 

 running down the side of the nose to the muzzle, which is entirely 

 white ; the same colour pervading one half of the cheek, the chin 

 and the throat. Ears ten inches long, narrow, tapering and pointed ; 

 white within, lively chestnut without, with black pencilled tips. A 

 broad half crescent of deep chestnut at the base of each ear, behind. 

 A small, entire black muzzle. A copious standing black mane, 

 five and a half inches high, somewhat inclined forwards, and extend- 

 ing from between the ears to the middle of the back. Hair of the 

 throat and neck longer than that of the body. Belly, buttocks, and 

 inside of thighs, pure white. A longitudinal dusky w^hite stripe be- 

 hind each arm. Fore legs jet black inside and out, with a tinge of 

 chestnut on and below the knees. Hind legs black, with a lively 

 chestnut patch on and below the hocks. Tail black; long hair 

 skirting the posterior edge, and terminating in a tuft which extends 

 below the hocks. Sheath tipped with black. 



Female smaller than the male, with smaller, but similarly shaped 

 horns. Colour, deep chestnut brown verging upon black. 



Very rare. Gregarious, in small families. Inhabits the great 

 mountain range which threads the more eastern parts of Mosele- 

 katse's territory. 



Dimensions. 



Height at shoulder 54 inches. 



Length of body 44 



Length of neck 17 



Length of head 19 



Length of tail 25 



Length of hind -quarter 19 



Depth of chest 30 



Length of fore-arm 16 



Fore knee to foot 15 



Croup to hock 36 



Hock to foot 18A 



Breadth of neck 16 



Breadth of fore-arm 6 



Breadth of thigh 6 



Breadth of fore-leg 2-| 



Breadth of hind-leg. „ . 3 



Length of horns 37 



Breadth asunder at base 1 



Breadth asunder at tips 9i 



Length of ears lO" 



Breadth of head 9 



