THE SELOrS COLLECTION. 35 



KENYA PIGMY ANTELOPE.. 



Nesotragus moschattjs akeleti. 



Nesotragus moschatus akeleyi. Heller, Smitheon. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 1, 1913. 



Very closely related to the Zanzibar Pigmy Antelope, Neso- 

 tragus moschatus moSchatus ; general colour rather darker, the 

 upper parts being chestnut brown. White of throat divided by a 

 fulvous band. Size as in typical form, about 13 to 14 inches at 

 shoulder. 



Horn measurements ; — ^length 2| ; spread from tip to tip ly\. 



Typical locality, Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony. In the " Life- 

 histories of African" Game Animals " by Eooseveft and Heller 

 (vol. ii. p. 551, 1916) the range is given as " highland forest area 

 of Mt. Kenia, the Aberdare Range, and the Kikuyu Escarpment 

 south as far as Nairobi and Ngong." 



153 —19. 7. 15. 180. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony, 



DESERT PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



NESOTBAGrS MOSCHATUS DESEBTICOLA. 



Nesotragus moschatits deserticola. Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. 

 no. 7, p. 2, 1913. 



Distinguished from the typical race and iV. m. aheleyi by the 

 lighter colour of the pelage. The white on the throat is said to be 

 almost continuous, broken only by a narrow fulvous band. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 178) : — length 3| ; spread 

 from tip to tip 1§. 



Typical locality, Maji ya Chumvi, Taru . Desert ; range is 

 given as the Desert country of the coastal area from the Tana 

 River southward to the Tanganyika Territory border. 



154 — 19.7.15.178. Skull and horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanga- 



nyika Territory. 



155 — 19.7.15.179. Horns. Dar-ee-Salam, Tanganyika Territory. 



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