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received the name of royal antelope in the eighteenth century from Pennant 
who was under the impression that it was the “king of harts” referred to by 
Bosman. Bosman, however, when he repeated native traditions about the ani- 
mals of Guinea possibly used the name ‘‘king of harts”’ to refer to the water 
chevrotain, which in the folklore of West Africa is renowned for its extraor- 
dinary sagacity. The young specimen here illustrated was kept alive by Mr. 
Coolidge for two weeks by feeding it liquids through an eye dropper. The 
water chevrotain of the Tragulidae is of special interest from a zoological 
standpoint on account of its legs and feet, which are so constructed that it 
can walk on the edges or tips of its middle hoofs; in normal walking the side 
toes never touch the ground. It is very near the intermediate types of even- 
toed ungulates which connect the pig and camel groups with the Pecora (deer, 
giraffe, antelopes, oxen, and sheep). These and its other zoological features are 
also pointed out by Allen and Coolidge. The animal is a rich brown in color, 
and when full grown, about three feet long and two feet in height at the shoulder. 
Two of the most striking mammals of Liberia are the tragelaphs. ‘The 
Tragelaphus scriptus, or harnessed antelope, has a reddish golden or buff-colored 
coat, with white rectangular stripes and spots. The broad-horned tragelaph 
or bongo (Boocercus euryceros) is perhaps the most beautiful animal in Liberia. 
The coat is described as a splendid red-gold, boldly striped and marked with 
pure white; the face, throat, and limbs have bold white markings, particularly 
on the inner side which on the limbs is in marked contrast to the black color 
of their outer surface. The broad, boldly twisted horns are white at the tip. 
A young specimen of the harnessed antelope, brought to the writer alive in 
Kaka Town (No. 154), was later killed and the pelt turned over to the zoological 
collection. No parasites were found in this animal but in a specimen shot in 
the Belgian Congo an amphistome was found in the intestine (page 452). 
The edentates are represented by three species of pangolins, or scaly ant- 
eaters, one of which, Uromanis longicaudatus, is illustrated in Nos. 156-157. 
One of the most striking representatives of the Liberian fauna is the pygmy 
hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, of which representatives have been ob- 
served in the zoological museums at London and Paris. It is approximately 
one-third the size of the common East African hippopotamus, and has usually 
only one pair of incisors in the lower jaw. The proportions of the head are also 
different. So far it is actually found only in the forests and rivers of Liberia 
and the adjacent borders of Sierra Leone. These animals are rapidly disappear- 
ing and we were unable to find one in Liberia. 
Neither the rhinoceros nor wart hog nor the gorilla of East Africa have 
been found in Liberia. 
The red buffalo, Bubalus nanus or Syncerus planiceros (called by the natives 
the bush cow) is still found in Liberia in certain forest regions. The meat of 
this animal with the skin and hair still on, was in a few instances observed 
for sale in the market places in the interior. It is not, however, found in great 
abundance and is evidently fast disappearing. Bubalus caffer, the larger Cape 
type of buffalo apparently does not occur in Liberia. Allen describes the Libe- 
