KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS * 
Mammalia. — Plates XX\ III. and XXIX. 
K flavo-griseus, aurantio-brunneo obscuratus ; macula longa supra oculum, labiis, fascia gulari, ellipsique 
prynali albis ; cornubus procurvis, annulatis ; cauda flocosa. 
Longitudo ab vertice ad basin caudee 5 ped. 6 unc. ; caudaa 20 unc. 
Altitudo ad interscapulium 4 ped. ; ad prynam 4 ped. 3 unc. 
Aigoceros Ellipsiprymnus, Ogilby , Proceedings Zool. Society, 1 833, page 47. 
{Male. Plate XXVIII.) 
Colour.— The chaffron, the forehead, the body, the tail, and the anterior ex- 
tremities above the knee-joints, and the hinder ones above the houghs inter- 
mediate between yellowish-grey and ash-grey ; the tint in many places, parti- 
cularly on the back, much darkened and variegated with a dull orange coloured 
or russet-brown. The grey is the predominating colour, being the tint of the 
basal two-thirds of each hair, and the brown occurs at the tip of each hair, and 
also in the form of one or more rings behind the brown points. The eyebiows 
and a narrow space under each eye white, which colour is also observed on 
the upper lip and on the parts immediately adjoining the hinder and lateral 
edges of the muzzle. The sides of the neck and the throat immediately 
behind the head are crossed by a narrow white stripe, which extends nearly 
from ear to ear, and on the croup and nates, about four inches before the base 
of the tail, there is a broad and well-defined white band in the form of an ellipse. 
The sides of the head are yellowish-grey, which on the lower jaw is dark- 
ened with orange-coloured brown ; the latter colour at the points of the hairs as 
already described. The outer surface of the ears and legs below the knees and 
houghs bright orange-coloured brown. Ears internally dirty white. Eyes 
yellowish-brown. The true and accessory hoofs liver-brown, the hair at their 
base dirty white. Horns between yellowish and umber-brown. 
Form, &c. Figure rather robust and heavy ; limbs strong, but not inele- 
o-ant. Head rather long for its thickness, and gradually tapered from the 
forehead, having the sides before the eyes convex. Muzzle heart-shaped, 
the apex reaching the edge of the upper lip. Ears ovate, patulous and 
* Characters of Kobus. Horns in the male only, long, pointed and slightly flexuous; muzzle moderately 
developed, somewhat heart-shaped ; no suborbital sinuses nor glands ; stature large or rather large ; 
frame robust ; hair harsh and long or rather long; tail reaching to about the houghs. 
