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Pee eh > WATE RBUCK. 
COBUS PENRICELI, Rorasca. 
[PLATE XXXV.] 
Cobus penricei, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii. p. 82, pl. iv. fig. 1 (1895) ; Bryden, Field, 
vol. Ixxxvil. p. 653 (April 25, 1896). 
Vernacutark Name :—Kring-hart of the Trek-Boers of Benguela. 
Of about the size of C. ellipsiprymnus and its-allies (height at shoulders 
45 inches), but at once distinguishable by its intensely blackish colour. 
Muzzle whitish; face black, with rufous hairs between the horns. Stripe 
over eye white. Ears outside rufous brown, with blackish tips and edges, 
inside white. Sides of face, neck, and body deep brownish black, plentifully 
interspersed with reddish-brown hairs, which are white at the base and give 
the effect of a “blue-roan.” This colour is more conspicuous on the belly, 
where the hairs are longer, but much less so on the legs and hind half of the 
back, which parts are almost uniform brownish black. A slight white ring 
round the hoofs. ‘Tail above black, beneath white. A large patch of white 
on the upper throat. 
Horns shorter and stouter than in the allied species; length along the 
curve in three specimens 19, 244, and 28 inches. 
Female similar, but without horns, and ears less rufous and more brown. 
Hab. Interior of Benguela, Angola. 
This Waterbuck is certainly very closely allied to Crawshay’s Waterbuck, 
and it is not easy to point out any material points of difference. ‘The only 
specimens yet obtained being at Tring and those of C. crawshayi in the 
