CEPHALOPHIX^ 79 



XIV. CEPHALOPHUS LEUCOGASTEE. 



Cephalophus leucogaster, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xii, 

 p. 43, 1873 ; Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p, 420 ; Lydehher, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 201, 1893, Great arid Small Game of 

 Africa, p. 215, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 154, 1908 ; 

 Sclater and Thomas, Boole of Antelopes, vol. i, p. 153, 1895 ; 

 Alexander, From Nigeria Nile, vol. ii, p. 391, 1907. 



Typical locality G-abun. 



Size medium; height at shoulder about 16 inches. 

 General colour dull chestnut-rufous, with a broad blackish 

 dorsal stripe ; face rufous darkening into brown in middle 

 line ; crest mixed rufous and black ; nape browner ; hind 

 aspect of buttocks and under-parts whitish; fore-legs and hind- 

 legs posteriorly slaty grey. The dorsal stripe is mixed with 

 rufous on withers, and becomes narrow and sharply defined 

 near tail, which terminates in a large black tuft mingled 

 with white. The presence of a white streak along front of 

 the hind-shanks, described as a specific character, is not 

 constant. The range extends from the Gabun to the 

 Cameruns and Congo. 



61. 7. 29. 20. Skin, mounted, and skull, immature. 

 Gabun ; collected by Monsieur P. du Chaillu. Type. 



Purchased, 1861. 



3. 2. 4. 26. Skull, with horns, and skin, female. Efulen, 

 Cameruns; collected by G. L. Bates, Esq. Purchased, 1903. 



3. 2. 4. 29. Skull, with horns. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



3. 2. 4. 30. Immature skull, with horns. Same locality 

 and collector. Same history. 



3. 2. 4. 31. A similar specimen. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history . 



1. 5. 4. 6. Skull, with horns, and skin. Stanley Falls, 

 Congo ; collected by Capt. Weyns. 



Presented hy the Congo Free State Museum, 1901. 



7. 7. 8. 223. Immature skull, with horns, and skin. 

 BambHi, Welle Valley. 



Presented hy the Alexander -Gosling Expedition, 1907. 



