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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skull of Male Sinjj-sing Waterbuck, from a specimen in the British Museum. 



SING-SING WATERBUCK (Gobus defassa). 



Distinguished from the common water-buck {C. ellipsipryvinus) by 

 the presence of a large white patch on the lower part of the buttocks, 

 instead of a white elliptical ring extending higher up. Four more or 

 less distinct local races of this species may be recognised. First, the 

 West African sing-sing {C. defassa ttnctiiosus), of Senegal and Gambia, 

 characterised by its rufous colour and the small amount of white in 

 the region of the eye. Second, Crawshay's sing - sing {C. defassa 

 crawshayi), from British Central Africa, with a dusky coloration. 

 Third, Penrice's sing-sing iC. defassa penricei), from the interior of 

 Benguela, Angola, in which the colour is so dark as to be almost black. 



