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Although not mentioned by Andersson or Bains as occurring in Damaraland, 
it has been recorded by M. Du Bocage as having been obtained by Anchieta 
in Angola, and there are specimens in the British Museum from the same 
country transmitted by Gabriel, upon which Gray established his species 
Grimmia splendidula. But along the eastern side of Africa the range of 
this little Antelope, or of slightly representative forms, which at present we 
are quite unable to distinguish, is much more extensive. The Duiker is 
found throughout the Transvaal, and the great hunter Mr. F. C. Selous 
informs us that during his extensive journeyings north and south of the 
Zambezi, except in districts devoid of bush or covered by steep rocky hills, 
he has always met with this Antelope. According to this experienced 
observer, individuals, though shot in the same district, vary much in colour, 
some skins being of a greenish tinge and others of a reddish brown, while 
specimens from the borders of the Kalihari have less white upon the belly 
than others. Contrary to Cornwallis Harris and other testimony, Mr. Selous 
states that the females are almost always hornless, though he had met with 
three examples of this sex bearing horns. On the Zambezi and elsewhere in 
Mozambique Peters met with specimens of this Antelope, which he described 
and figured in his ‘ Reise’ as new species under the names Antilope altifrons 
and A. ocularis. These names are now generally regarded as synonymous 
with Cephalophus grimmi. A third name, without any mention of the other 
two, has recently been added from the same region by Dr. Lorenz, and this 
we are equally unable to reognize as valid. 
Throughout Nyasaland, as we are assured by Mr. R. Crawshay (P. Z. S. 
1890, p. 661) the Duiker is very generally met with, except on the bare 
open plains or in very steep rocky country. Like Mr. Selous, Mr. Crawshay 
notices the variation in colour of this Antelope, which ranges from a 
reddish brown, not unfrequently tinged with green, to almost a dark red, 
while in some specimens the belly is more conspicuous for whiteness than 
in others. | 
North of Nyasaland the Duiker appears to extend across German East 
Africa into British East Africa, where it is well known to the sportsmen of 
the Kilima-njaro district. Mr. F. J. Jackson, in ‘ Big Game Shooting,’ tells 
us that it is found throughout British East Africa, and extends as far west 
as Kavirondo. Herr Oscar Neumann informs us that he has obtained it 
in Uganda. At Taveta it frequents the low stony hills covered with long 
