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Nototragus melanotis, Thomas and Schwann, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1906, p. 10 ; Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 882. 



Grysbook melanotis, Knottnerus-Meycr, Arch. NaturgcscJi. a'oI. Ixxiii, 

 pt. 1, p. 99, 1907. 



The following names hare been applied to albinistic 

 varieties of this or other species of the genus : — 



Antilope tragulus pallida, Lichtenstein, Mag. nat. Freunde, vol. vi, 

 p. 177, 1814; Forster, Bescrip. Anim. p. 376, 1844. 



Antilope pediotragus, Afzelius, Nova Acta Soc. IJpsal. vol. vii, pp. 

 260 and 264, 1815 ; Goldfuss, Schreber's Sdugethiere, vol. v, 

 p. 1238, 1818 ; Smuts, Enum. Mamm. Cap. p. 84, 1832 ; Oervais, 

 Diet. Sci. Nat., Suppl. vol. i, p. 262, 1840; Lesson, Noiiv. Tabl. 

 Eegne Anim., Mamm. p. 177, 1842. 



Antilope pallida, H. Smith, Oriffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. i^', 

 p. 251, vol. V, p. 842, 1827. 



Antilope rufescens, H. Smith, op. cit. vol. iv, p. 249, vol. v, p. 341, 

 1827 ; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Begne Anim., Mamm. p. 177, 1842; 

 Schinz, Synop. Mamn>. vol. ii, p. 412, 1845. 



Tragulus pediotragus, A. Smith, S. African, Quart. Journ. ^'ol. ii, 

 p. 213, 1834. 



Calotragus melanotis pallida, &>'ay, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 70, 1850, 

 Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 72, 1852. 



Calotragus rufescens, Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. Guine, p. 192, 1853. 



Pediotragus rufescens, Jentinh, Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. {Mus. 

 Pays-Bas, vol. xi) p. 165, 1892. 



Grysbok. 



Typical locality Cape Colony. 



Height about 22 inches. General colour of the long and 

 coarse coat deep rich rufous profusely speckled with white, 

 owing to the presence of a large number of white hairs ; 

 under-parts paler than back, but not white; frequently a 

 blackish crescentic mark on crown ; ears very large, grey 

 externally ; very small lateral hoofs present ; tail very short, 

 without any lalack at tip ; horns of the same general type 

 as those of campestris, but shorter, the maximum recorded 

 length being 4|- inches. 



The range extends as far north as Zamljesia and 

 Mozambique. 



46, h. Skin, female, mounted. Cape of Good Hope. 



Presented hy Dr. W. J. Burchell, ctbout 1817. 



■46, «.. Skin. Cape of Good Hope. Purcliascd. 



?j1. 9. 26. 123. Skull and skin, immature female. Cape 



