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herds in which there is only one old male and several younger ones. Some- 
times these herds are without females in their company, and occasionally old 
males are seen alone. They are very fond of water and are often seen 
standing deep in the mud of the rivers. At the same time they are frequently 
met with in dry forest and in open savannahs far from rivers. Like our 
Red Deer, they generally retire into the wood early in the day, even before 
sunrise, but on the other hand come out again into the open much earlier 
in the evening. When disturbed in the open country they retire straight into 
the wood. 
Herr Matschie points out that the present species differs from C. unctuosus 
in having the face of a bright rufous colour, and is of opinion that Dr. Noack 
and Dr. Pagenstecher have wrongly referred the specimens of this species 
obtained by several German explorers to C. unctwosus and C. ellipsiprymnus. 
Our figure of this species (Plate XXXVI.) was put upon the stone by 
Smit from an original sketch by Wolf which is now in the possession of 
Sir Douglas Brooke. Unfortunately we have been unable to make out from 
what specimen it was originally prepared. 
August, 1896. 
