68 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



IV. CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS. 



Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii, 

 p. 217, 1834, Illustr. Zool. S. Africa, Mamm. pi. xxxii, 1841 ; 

 Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii, p. 166, 1846, 

 Enowsley Menagerie, p. 10, 1850, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 123, 

 1871, p. 598, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 85, 1852, Gat. JRumi- 

 7iants Brit. Mus. p. 27, 1872, Hand-List Buminants Brit. Mus. 

 p. 96, 1873, ; Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 170 ; Gerrard, 

 Gat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 236, 1862 ; Blyth, Gat. Mamm. 

 Mus. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 168, 1863 ; Fitzinger, Sitzher. k. 

 Ale. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 166, 1869 ; Drummond, Large 

 Game S. Africa, p. 391, 1875 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. 

 Mus. pt. ii, p. 168, 1891, Fauna S. Africa, Ma?nm. vol. i, p. 161, 

 1900; Jcntinh, Gat. Mamin. Leyden Mus. {Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 vol. xi) p. 162, 1892 ; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. 

 Africa, p. 23, 1892; Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 419; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 77, 1892, ed. 6, p. 165, 1910 ; 

 LydelcJcer, Horns and Hoofs, p. 209, 1893, Great and Small 

 Game of Africa, p. 215, 1899, Game Ani7nals of Afi-ica, p. 149, 

 1908 ; Sclater and Thomas, Booh of Antelopes, vol. i, p. 139, 

 1895 ; Lonnberg, ArMv Zool. vol. v, no. 10, p. 2, 1909 ; 

 Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. viii, p. 277, 1911. 



Cephalophorus natalensis. Gray. lAst Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 163, 1843. 



Sylvicapra natalensis, Sundevall, K. Svensha Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, 

 p. 190, 1846. 



Antilope (Cephaloloplius) natalensis, Wagner, Schreher's Sdugthiere, 

 Suppl. vol. iv, p. 453, 1844, vol. v, p. 426, 1855 ; Giehel, Sduge- 

 thiere, p. 321, 1855. 



Natal Duikee. 



Typical locality Natal. 



Size relatively small ; shoulder-heiglit about 17 inches, 

 length of ear 2i, of hind-foot 7|- inches. Build slender ; 

 colour uniformly tawny or chestnut, with a faintly marked 

 redder streak over eyebrows, the back of neck greyish 

 brown, and the chin and throat whitish ; tail slender, rufous 

 at root, brown, tipped with white, at extremity ; horns much 

 thickened at base, and attaining a length of about 3 inches 

 in good specimens. Basal length of skull 5| inches, maxi- 

 mum width, 2|, length from orbit to muzzle 3|- inches. 



The following races have been named : — 



A. Size small, length of hind-foot usually less than 

 7J inches (199 mm.) ; colour dark ; ears short, 

 3 inches (76 mm.). 



a. General colom- tawny, with nape pale slaty 



grey G. 7i. natalensis. 



b. General colour richer, redder on back and 



yellower on flanks with nape nearly black C. n. amcenus. 



