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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
color. The hind quarters posteriorly are white, the white 
area bordered by a prominent black pygal stripe in front 
extending from the rump toward the hock. The tail is 
black and clothed uniformly with long hair. The legs on 
the outer surface are vinaceous-buff, and white on the inside 
where they are connected with the white under-parts. The 
dorsal surface of the snout is rufous, except the tip, which 
is marked by a large black patch. The sides of the face are 
marked by a broad white stripe from the horn base and 
eye region to the muzzle, which is bordered above by the 
dark dorsal surface of the snout and below by a black band 
from the anteorbital pore to the muzzle. The upper lips, 
chin, and throat are white. The crown, back of the ears, 
and the sides of the head are vinaceous-buff. The inside 
and the tips of the ears are white. The female shows 
only slight differences in color from the male, which are 
confined solely to the head, the crown being rufous or 
brownish and the nape cinnamon in conformity with the 
back. The young do not show the fulvous coloring of 
their parents, but are quite dark in color. They are drab, 
lined lightly by black, and have the dark side stripe much 
less conspicuous than the adults. They show the dark 
snout patch and have the whole crown and ears brownish 
or dusky as well as having the pygal band and white area 
to the hind quarters indicated. 
The average measurements of adult male specimens in 
the flesh are: 47 inches in length of head and body; tail, 
g )4 inches; hind foot, 13 )4 inches; ear, 4^ inches. The fe¬ 
male is somewhat less in size, being usually 1 inch less in 
length of hind foot. The average horn length in this race 
is 13 inches, but specimens 15 inches in length are by no 
means rare. The record length given by Ward is \ 6)4 
inches. The horns are really very uniform in length. The 
extremes in a series of sixty heads from British East Africa 
in the National Museum are: longest, 153^ inches; shortest, 
11^4 inches. The width, however, varies greatly, the 
extremes in the same series being from 3 to 8)4 inches. 
The horns of the females vary greatly in size and direction. 
Usually they are quite deformed and contorted and are 
seldom symmetrical. The extremes in length of a series of 
sixteen are: length, 2)4 to 5^ inches; spread, )4 to 3 )4 
