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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
and various other bushes. They are, no doubt, independent 
of water, although they are seldom found in absolutely water¬ 
less deserts. They have not, however, been observed drinking 
at water-holes, to which other game resort for such purposes 
in the desert districts they inhabit. The East African lesser 
koodoo resembles imberbis of Somaliland closely, but differs 
by darker coloration, absence of the white spots on the front 
of the pasterns on the forelegs, and shorter horns. 
The coloration of the male is bright-tawny lined with 
black along the median dorsal region. The vertebral line 
is marked by an ill-defined white-and-black dorsal stripe and 
the sides are crossed by twelve to thirteen conspicuous 
transverse white stripes from the dorsal stripe to the under¬ 
parts. The lower sides and the breast are ochraceous, and 
the midline of the chest is marked by a broad black stripe, 
but the belly and groins are pure white. The forelegs are 
pure ochraceous, without the white spot on the front of the 
pasterns. The band above the hoofs and the back of the pas¬ 
terns are black. There is a black band on the back of the leg 
just above the knee, bordered below by a white band at the 
knee. The hind legs are ochraceous, with a white spot on the 
front of the pasterns and a black band above the hoofs, and 
the back of the pasterns are black. There is a white stripe 
on the inside of the leg from the white of the belly to the 
hock. The tail is tawny above, white below, and tip seal- 
brown. The neck is somewhat lighter than the body, being 
ecru-drab with a narrow black stripe on the nape from the 
head to the withers. There is a white patch on the forethroat 
and a larger oval one near the base of the throat. The crown 
of the head is seal-brown, banded in front by white chevron 
bars from the eyes to the snout. The median line of the 
snout is walnut-brown. The sides of the head are ecru-drab, 
with two white spots below the eye and a short white post¬ 
ocular stripe. The lips and chin are white, bordered by dusky. 
The back of ears is ochraceous, the tip narrowly margined 
by blackish; inside and base white. The female resembles 
the male closely in color, but is lighter, being ochraceous- 
tawny, very scantily lined by black, with the crown of the 
head lighter—tawny rather than seal-brown. The young are 
like the adult in pattern of coloration but in tone somewhat 
lighter. Sexes quite equal in size. 
