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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
Athi Bush Duiker 
Sylvicapra grimmia hindei 
Native Name: Masai, embutuwin. 
Cephalophus abyssinicus hindei Wroughton, 1910, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
(8), vol. V, p. 273. 
Range. —From the northern slopes of Mount Kenia 
and the headwaters of the Northern Guaso Nyiro River 
and Lake Baringo southward throughout the high veldt 
to Kilimanjaro and central German East Africa. 
The Athi bush duiker was named by Wroughton from a 
specimen collected by Doctor H. S. Hinde at Fort Hall, 
where he was stationed for some years as district commis¬ 
sioner. The race is characterized by its bright ochraceous- 
tawny coloration and small amount of black vermiculation 
in its coat. It is readily distinguishable from the alpine 
race by the lighter or seal-brown color of the pasterns and 
the shorter pelage, but is indistinguishable from it in size. 
Specimens of this race were collected ^by the Smithsonian 
African expedition on the Athi Plains at Ngong, Bondoni, 
Ulu, and Machakos; near Fort Hall, at Chief Wambugu’s 
village, on the northwest slope of Kenia, northeast of 
Nyeri, and on the Loita Plains, near the German border. 
Desert Bush Duiker 
Sylvicapra grimmia deserti 
Native Names: Swahili, ngruvu; Duruma, sah. 
Sylvicapra grimmia deserti Heller, 1913, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 61, No. 17, 
p. 4. 
Range. —-Desert coast lands from the Tana River 
southward to German East Africa; inland as far as the 
east slopes of Kilimanjaro and Kenia. 
The desert bush duiker was recently described from 
specimens collected by the Rainey expedition at Voi. It 
is markedly lighter in color than the other equatorial Afri¬ 
can races, being buffy, with almost no darker vermiculation 
showing in the coat, and readily distinguishable from the 
tawny or vermiculated color of the other races. The male 
is distinguishable by his more vertically directed horns. 
