“In all I shot four specimens, two males and two females, all full-grown. Of these I preserved the complete skulls and hides of the males and the hide of one female. “The larger of the two males was a solitary animal, shot in the forest, near Mputa’s, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, September 10th, 1892. The horns measured on the straight 22¼ inches, on the curve 24⅝ inches. “The other male, which was a smaller animal but had as good horns, and one of the females (the one preserved) were shot on the cliffs north of Karembwi’s, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, July 27th, 1892. “The horns of this male measured on the straight also 22¼ inches, on the curve 24½ inches. “The second female I shot for meat on the left bank of the Choma River, about due north of Lake ‘Mweru ya Matipa’--the ‘Mweru of Mud,’ as the natives know the smaller Lake Mweru to the east of Lake Mweru proper--October 27th, 1892. The skins of these animals subsequently lost much of their dark colouring, a considerable quantity of the hair coming out (as it will do with the very movable coats of Waterbuck) and the remainder becoming lighter in drying.” Our figure of this Waterbuck (Plate XXXIV.) has been taken by Mr. Smit from the typical male specimen now in the British Museum. _August, 1896._ [Illustration: THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. XXXV. _J. Smit del. & lith._ _Hanhart imp._ Penrice’s Waterbuck. COBUS PENRICEI. _Published by R. H. Porter._] 61. PENRICE’S WATERBUCK. COBUS PENRICEI, ROTHSCH. [PLATE XXXV.] _Cobus penricei_, =Rothsch=. Nov. Zool. ii. p. 32, pl. iv. fig. 1 (1895); =Bryden=, Field, vol. lxxxvii. p. 653 (April 25, 1896). VERNACULAR NAME:--_Kring-hart_ of the Trek-Boers of Benguela. Of about the size of _C. ellipsiprymnus_ and its allies (height at shoulders 45 inches), but at once distinguishable by its intensely blackish colour. Muzzle whitish; face black, with rufous hairs between the horns. Stripe over eye white. Ears outside rufous brown, with blackish tips and edges, inside white. Sides of face, neck, and body deep brownish black, plentifully interspersed with reddish-brown hairs, which are white at the base and give the effect of a “blue-roan.” This colour is more conspicuous on the belly, where the hairs are longer, but much less so on the legs and hind half of the back, which parts are almost uniform brownish black. A slight white ring round the hoofs. Tail above black, beneath white. A large patch of white on the upper throat. _Horns_ shorter and stouter than in the allied species; length along the curve in three specimens 19, 24½, and 28 inches. _Female_ similar, but without horns, and ears less rufous and more brown. _Hab._ Interior of Benguela, Angola.