131 
Antilope Ellipsiprymna, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1833, 47 ; Harris, W. A. 
Africa, t. 14.— Kobus Ellipsiprymnus , A. Smith, Illus. Z. S. A. t. 28, 
29.—Gray, Knows. Menag, 15. 
Inhabits S. Africa. Brit. Mus. 
The horns figured as A. Kemasl (H. Smith, G. A. K. t. 181. f. 6) 
appear to belong to this species. 
2. Kobus Sing-Sing. The Sing-Sing. 
Anal ring none. Reddish or yellowish grey brown, rather greyer 
on the shoulders ; nose, lips and hinder part of the thighs, under the 
neck, from the ears to the gullet, a streak over each eye, and ring 
above the hoofs and false hoofs white; belly and legs blacker ; end 
of tail, and legs from shoulder to hough black. Female greyer ; belly 
and upper part of legs paler. 
Antilope Sing-Sing, Bennett, Waterhouse, Cat. Zool. Soc. Mus. 
41. n. 3/8.— A. defassa, Riippell, Abyss, t. 3.— A. unctnosa, Laur., 
D’Orbig. Diet. Univ. H. N. i. t. 622. $. good. — A. Kola, Ogilby, 
Penny Cyclop, ii. 79. fig. ?; P. Z. S. 1836, not Erxleben.— Koba, 
Buffon, H. N. xii. 210, 267. t. 32. f. 2, horns?— Senegal Antelope, 
Pennant, Syn. 38 (part from Buffon only).— Kobus Sing-Sing, Gray, 
Knows. Menag. 15. 
Inhabits N. and W. Africa; Senegal; Gambia, where it is called 
Kassimause and Kob ( Whitfield ). Brit. Mus. Abyssinia (Riippell). 
Mus. Frankfort. 
This species varies much in the tint of the colouring, and in the 
length of the hair in the different seasons. In summer they are 
covered with very short, closely pressed fur, letting the skin be seen 
between the hairs. In the cold weather, and in England, the fur is 
longer and more abundant. The hair of the chin and neck is long 
and rigid in all seasons, and even in the young animals. The tail of 
the adult specimen is cylindrical and nearly bald, ending in a tuft of 
black hair; in the young specimens, especially in the winter fur, the 
base of the tail is fringed with hair on each side. The male is much 
brighter coloured, and the chest and belly are nearly black like the 
legs. The hinder parts of the rump of the young animals are greyish 
white ; in the older specimens it becomes pure white and broader in 
extent. 
This animal is called Sing-Sing by all the negroes. They do not 
think their flocks of cattle will be healthy or fruitful unless they have 
one of the Sing-Sings accompanying them, as some persons think a 
Goat necessary to be in a stable in England. The English on the 
Gambia call it the Jackass Deer from its appearance, and it is called 
Koba and Kassimause by the negroes at Macarthy’s Island. Its flesh 
is very strong, unpleasant, and scarcely palatable. 
As far as I could judge by my recollection and description, the 
adult specimen at Knowsley, the young male and adult female in the 
British Museum, the male and female at Frankfort, and the adult 
male in the Paris menageries, are the same species. 
Buffon figured (Hist. Nat.- 210, 267. xii. t. 32. f. 2) under the 
name of Koba a pair of horns which were in the library of St. Victor 
