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side of the bridge of the nose, starting from the corner of the tear-gland, is 

 a semicircular white patch. Although these two white patches converge, 

 they do not actually meet, as is the case in the koodoo. On each cheek 

 there are two large spots. The upper lip is white on either side of the 

 nose, and the under jaw is also white. There is a white patch on the neck 

 below the chin, and another on the neck just above the chest. The interior 

 of the ears is white, except in the depressions between the ridges. There 

 is a white stripe along the whole of the back from the neck to the base of 

 the tail ; this stripe divides into two at the base of the tail, and fringes the 

 tail (which is rather long) with white hairs. The belly is white. There 

 is a white spot on each fetlock and on the inside of each hock. Three 

 rather faint vertical white stripes are present on the barrel, and there are 

 seven or eight white spots on the hind-quarters. The females and young, 

 however, have many more vertical white stripes and white spots on the 

 body. It is said that the female, as is the case with the inyala of East 

 Africa, has a black instead of a white stripe all along the spine. Horns 

 are only borne by the male. A pair in my possession measure exactly 20 

 inches in a straight line from the inner corner of the base to the tip of each 

 horn. 1 The horns perform one and a half turns. Their tips wear white. 

 In appearance they resemble those of the bushbuck, though much larger 

 and more bowed. The hoofs are longer than in all other bushbucks 

 except the true situtunga ('/'. spekei), and the false hoofs are well developed. 

 At the same time, this feature appears to be subject to much individual 

 variation, and in the few specimens I have seen I have not remarked the 

 great length of hoof recorded by Mr. Sclater in his original description of the 

 animal. In the living specimen at present to be seen (September 1 898) in the 

 Jardin des Plantes at Paris the size of the hoofs is scarcely more than normal. 

 So tar as is yet known, the habitat of this fine antelope is mainly 

 limited to the northern part of the Congo basin and the adjoining district of 



1 The longest recorded pair measure 26} inches in length, in a straight line, and 30 inches over the 

 curve. These are in the possession of Mr. Rowland Ward.— Ed. 



