DWARF BUFFALOES. 239 



of Nigeria, at the junction of the Benue and the Niger, and 



quoted by myself * : — 



Bull. Cow. 



Outside length 19i 124 



Palm-width 7| 4| 



Tip-to-tip interval 15 11 



These Buffaloes, together with an immature mounted specimen 

 in the Museum, from Lokoja, although hitherto referred to 

 B. c. names, must, fi'om their locality, be assigned, I think, to 

 the same race as Mr. Hunt's specimens. Major Arnold states 

 that " their colour varies from the light red of the younger 

 animals deepening through the warm rufous red of the mature 

 beast, to the deep dirty brown of the aged bu]l,"t 



Text-fis. 44. 



Head of Cow of Sos oaffer hunti from Southern Nigeria. 



The above-mentioned female head from the French Congo 

 agrees with the South Nigerian cow in its generally rufous 

 colour, but differs by' the more abundant and mainly black 

 fringes to the ears, as well as by the middle portion of the 

 front surface of the horns being distinctly curved in a backward 

 direction. 



As the result of the foregoing comparisons and descriptions, 

 it appears that the South Nigerian Buffalo represents a relatively 



* ' Game Animals of Africa,' p. 84, 1907. 

 t ' Game Animals of Africa,' loc. cit. 



