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ochreous circle round the eyes, which are connected by two white spots, 

 forming an arrow-shaped mark on a black ground ; nose black ; a white 

 spot on each side of the upper lip ; chin and gullet white ; and three 

 white marks under each eye ; neck covered with long shaggy hair, 

 extending also under the belly and fringing the haunches to the knees ; 

 two white spots on the flanks, and a patch of long white hair on the 

 interior portion of the thigh, a white tuft under the belly, and another on 

 the dewlap. On the outer side of the fore-legs is a black patch above the 

 knee, surrounded by three white spots ; legs below the knee bright rufous 

 colour ; tail i foot 8 inches long." 



This most detailed description is, I think, that of an animal not fully 

 adult, as in the three full-grown male inyalas which I saw in the flesh all 

 the bufF, ochreous, and orange tints described by Mr. Angas had turned to 

 grayish-black except to a slight extent below the knees, whilst none of 

 them had any white stripes on the cheek or neck ; and as the general 

 ground-colour of the young male is reddish-brown like the female, and 

 that of a full-grown male grayish-black, it goes without saying that as the 

 young animal grows from kidhood to maturity the former colour gradually 

 gives place to the latter, till in a very old ram there is no buff" or ochre 

 left except on the legs below the knees. Mr. Angas's description of the 

 type specimen of the female inyala is as follows : — 



" Smaller than the male, and without horns ; total length 6 feet ; nose 

 to insertion of ear 10 inches ; length of ear 6i inches ; height from fore- 

 feet to shoulder 2 feet 9 inches ; tail 1 foot 3 inches in length ; general 

 colour of body rich red-brown, becoming very pale on the belly and lower 

 parts and white inside the thighs ; a black dorsal ridge of bristly hair 

 extends from the back of the crown to the tail ; nose black ; the white 

 spots on various parts of the body nearly resembling those of the male, 

 only the white stripes on both sides are more numerous and clearly defined, 

 amounting to twelve or thirteen in number ; tail rufous above and white 



