194 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



knees to hoofs, with a large patch on inner side of upper part 

 and another behind the knees white, and a black patch on 

 inner surface above knees ; shanks and pasterns black behind, 

 the latter with or without a pair of white spots above hoofs 

 in front ; fronts of thighs and inner sides of hind-legs white, 

 rest of hind-legs bright fawn, except for a white patch on 

 front of pasterns and another on inner side of same. Nape 

 of neck and withers with a scanty but longish mane, 

 continued posteriorly as a dorsal crest ; hair on sides of neck 

 and throat shorter than elsewhere (as in Tragelaphus scriptus). 

 Female smaller without mane, and with white markings on 

 head and throat less pronounced, the head more uniformly 

 fawn, and the body rich rufous fawn, faintly tinged with 

 grey. Basal length of skull llf inches, maximum width 4j, 

 length from muzzle to orbit 6f inches. Fine horns measure 

 from 30 to 35 j inches in length along the curve, with a basal 

 girth of from 5|- to 7^, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 9^ to 

 15| inches. 



The skull is characterised by the broad and rectangular 

 lachrymal vacuities, elongated premaxillse, long nasal processes 

 of lachrymal, the length of the maxillary border of the jugal, 

 which has a broad rectangular notch below the orbit, the 

 small supraorbital pits, the small masseter knob on the sides 

 of the maxillffi ; elongated anterior palatine foramina ; and 

 the slight boss in the profile at root of nasals. 



Heller remarks that as regards coloration and skull- 

 characters this species is as nearly related to the bushbuck as 

 it is to the kudu, for which reason he refers it to a separate 

 genus. In the opinion of the writer, it would be preferable 

 to include both this and the next species in Tragelaphus. 



The range extends from Somaliland and Abyssinia to 

 B. E. Africa. 



A. — Strepsiceros imberbis imberbis. 



Typical locality Somaliland. 



General colour relatively pale, a white spot on front of 

 fore-pasterns, horns proportionately long. 



61. 2. 30. 10. Skin, mounted. Somaliland. Type. 



Transferred from India Museum, 1861. 



