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foe wNEERS REEDBUCK. 
CERVICAPRA CHANLERI, Roruscu. 
Cervicapra chanleri, Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 53 (1895) ; Chanler, Through Jungle 
and Desert, p. 431 (cum tab.) (1896) ; Ward, Horn Meas. (2) p. 137 (1896). 
Apparently similar to C. fulvorufula in all important respects. A dark 
stripe present on the top of the nose, similar to that often found in 
C. arundinum and C. fulvorufula. 
Skull and horns exactly like those of C. fulvorufula. Dimensions of the 
typical skull, taken from a cast :—Basal length 7:65 inches, greatest breadth 
3°9, orbit to tip of muzzle 4:8. 
Hab. British East Africa, mountains east of Mount Kenia. 
This recently described species has been founded upon a single specimen 
obtained by Mr. Astor Chanler, during his recent expedition into the interior 
of British East Africa, on the slopes of the Jambene mountains, about 
45 miles N.N.E. of Mount Kenia. In his volume entitled ‘Through Jungle 
and Desert,’ in which an account of his expedition is given, Mr. Chanler 
speaks of this animal as follows :—“ During the rains (of 1893) three small 
Antelopes visited the hill just above my camp (at Daicho*) and I was able 
to secure one of them. I felt convinced that it was a new species, so I 
carefully preserved its skeleton and skin. It proved to be a species of Reed- 
buck heretofore unknown, and has since been designated ‘ Cervicapra 
chanleri. ” 
Mr. Chanler’s specimen of this Reedbuck was placed in the hands of 
Messrs. Rowland Ward & Co., of Piccadilly, for the purpose of being mounted, 
* See Geogr, Journ. i. p. 534 (1893). 
