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B.— Tragelaphus spekei gratus. 



Tragelaphus gratus, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1880, p. 452, pi. xliv, 

 1883, p. 34, 1889, p. 220 ; Buet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. ser. 4, vol. iv, 

 p. 275, 1887 ; Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 387 ; Flower 

 and Lydehher, Study of Mammals, p. 347, 1891 ; Lydehher, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 254, 1893 ; O. Neumann, Sitzher. Qes. nat. 

 Preunde, 1905, p. 90. 



Tragelaphus spekei gratus, Botlischild, Novit. Zool. vol. v, p. 206, 

 1898 ; Lydehher, Game Animals of Africa, p. 236, 1908 ; Ward, 

 Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 316, 1910, ed. 7, p. 315, 1914. 



Limnotragus gratus, Sclater and Thomas, Booh of Antelopes, vol. iv, 

 p. 165, pi. xcv, 1900; Elliot, Oat. Mamm. Field Mus. (Zool. 

 Pub. Field Mus. vol. viii) p. 87, 1907 ; Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1910, p. 930. 



Nakong. 



Typical locality Gabun. 



Larger than typical race (shoulder-height about 40 inches), 

 with the coat shorter ; general colour rich, nearly chocolate,' 

 brown, becoming blackish on front of face, under-parts, and 

 limbs, and marked with a lateral band of indistinct white 

 spots, five or six more or less defined whitish transverse body- 

 stripes, with numerous white or whitish spots, dorsal streak, 

 and a few spots on haunches white ; white patches on fore- 

 legs behind and below knees and on hind-legs in front 

 of and below hocks, and large white spots on front of 

 pasterns above hoofs in both pairs. Female smaller, rich 

 chestnut red, darker above than below, and marked like 

 male, with the exception that the dorsal line is black, and 

 that there are no white spots on front of pasterns above 

 hoofs. 



The range extends on the West Coast from the Cameruns 

 to the Congo. 



48. 11. 20. 14. Pair of horns. Kokki, Cameruns. 

 Noticed in Proc. Zool. Soc. June 13, 1848, without definite 

 name. Presented iy Capt. W. Allen, R.N., 1848. 



52. 2. 26. 30. Two single horns. Gabun. 



Purchased (Parzudaki), 1852. 



65. 5. 9. 20. Skin and horns. Gabun; collected by 

 Monsieur P. B. du Chaillu. Purchased, 1865. 



82. 7. 24. 11. Head, mounted, body-skin, and skull. 

 Gabun. Purchased {Gerrard), 1882. 



