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reorlne  DPECULA ANTELOPE. 
TRAGELAPHUS DECULA (Rirp.). 
[PLATE LXXXVIITI.] 
Antilope decula, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Abyss. p. 11, pl. iv., ¢ 2 (1838-1840) ; Schinz, Syn. 
Mamm. ii. p. 427 (1845) ; Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. (4) iv. p. 78 (1887). 
Calliope decula, Riipp. Verz. Senck. Mus. ui. pt. 2, p. 182 (1839). 
Antilope (Tragelaphus) decula, Gerv. Dict. Sci. Nat. Suppl. i. p. 266 (1840); Less. N. 
Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 181 (1842) ; Reichenb. Siug. iii. p. 78 (1845) ; Gieb. Saug. 
p. 311 (1858). 
Tragelaphus decula, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 166 (1843) ; Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.- 
Akad. Handl. Ixy. p. 189 (1846) ; id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. i. 
p. 141; Reprint, p. 65 (1848); Wagn. Schreb. Saug., Suppl. iv. p. 442 (1844), 
v. p. 443 (1855); Schinz, Mon. Antil. p. 26 (1848) ; Gray, P. Z.S. 1850, p. 145 ; 
id. Knowsl. Men. p. 28 (1850); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 139 (1852); Heugl. N. Acta 
Leop. xxx. p. 20, pl. 1. figs. 5 a, 6 (1863) ; id. Faun. Roth. Meer. p. 16; Fitz. SB. 
Ak. Wien, lix. pt.1, p. 174 (1869); Heugl. Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 319 (1869); Gray, 
Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 50 (1872) ; id. Hand-l. Rum. p. 120 (18738) ; Flower, P. Z.S. 
1875, p. 186 (skull char.); Heugl. Reise in Nordost-Afr. ii. p. 120 (1877) ; 
Brooke, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 884 (skull char.); Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. 
P.-Bas, 1x.) p. 141 (1889); id. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. P.-Bas, xi.) p. 178 
(1892) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 252 (1893) ; Ward, Rec. Big Game, p. 196 
(1896), p. 286 (1899) ; Pousarg. Ann. Sci. Nat. iv. pp. 81, 83 (1897). 
Tragelaphus scriptus decula, Thos. P. Z.S. 1891, p. 388; Trouess. Cat. Mamm. 
p. 959 (1899). 
Tragelaphus bor, Heugl. Reise N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 122 (1877). 
VernacutarR Names:—AHusch (Arabic); Dakula, Daggula, Dekula, or Dekuela 
(Amharic) ; Ber (Djengish) (Heuglin). 
Height at withers of adult male about 26 inches. Prevailing colour a 
yellowish or sandy brown, becoming darker upon the chest and belly and 
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