Mammals from Tanaaiiij'jka Ttrritory, 507 



the muzzle, above wbich it meets a similar line from the 

 other eye. Below this line and starting- from the eye there 

 runs an ochraeeons-rut'ous line 40 mm. long and 5 wide 

 towards the muzzle, forming an " eyebrow/^ Below tliis 

 the sides of the face are russet. Outside of ears dark brown 

 with russet bases. The inner margin and lower tliird of the 

 outer shortly fringed with white hairs. Throat and chin 

 white. Belly brown in the middle line, ochraceous rufous 

 at the sides. Parts between thighs white. Tail missing. 

 Legs from ^' knees '^ and hocks to hoofs seal-broAvn. Hairs 

 of occiput directed forwards, those of the nape backwards. 



Skull broad and heavily built with large brain-case, 

 exceptionally deep preorbital fossae, and short anterior 

 palatal foramina. Premaxillae just reach nasals. 



In the following measurements the numbers in brackets 

 refer to igniftr (the type-specimen). 



Dimensions of the type (taken from the dried skin) : — 



Head and body 897 mm. (810) ; hind foot wdth hoof 225 

 (240) ; ear 81 (81). 



Skull: basal length 161 (162); greatest breadth 84*5 

 (79-5) ; muzzle to orbit 91-5 (94) ; nasals 75-5 X 34 (73 x 32) ; 

 anterior palatal foramina 20 (25) ; palatilar length 96 (97) ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 51*4 (53) ; of three upper pre- 

 molars 22*3 (23'4); interorbital breadth, taken at the centres 

 of the posterior margins 77 (70*5) ; greatest breadth across 

 frontals at points midway between orbits and horn-cores 

 65'2 (60*5); greatest cranial breadth 67*4 (60). 



Horns 92 (98) long, 86 (82) round the base, and with a 

 basal diameter of 32 (31). 



Tijpe-locality. Mount Elgon, 7000 to 8000 feet, N.E. of 

 Lake Victoria Nyanza. 



C. harbertoni differs from ignifer mainly in the brighter 

 chestnut of the pelage, the reduced dark face-markings, the 

 white throat, the large brain-case, the deep preorbital fossye, 

 and the short anterior palatal foramina. 



42. Cephahphits {Sylvicapra) grimmi shirensiSj Wrought. 

 ^ . K. 330. Mpiana, Namanyere. 



43. Redunca redunca told, Hell. 

 $ . K. 249. Kachungu, Namanyere. 



41. Redunca fulv or uf III a chanUri^ Ptoths. 

 ? . K. 250. Matuj'iga, Namanyere. 



