The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 4 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
“Colour of hair fulvous fawn, much richer on the back, where there are
also some darker spots, which may be stains or natural; below very
much paler. Chin blackish, tip of tail black. The male is brighter
and darker in colour than the female. There are also on the back some
patches with longer, thicker, almost whitish-buff hair, perhaps remains
of the winter fur.”
Genus CONNOCHÆTES. (Vol. I. p. 93.)
Connochætes taurinus johnstoni.
_Connochætes taurinus johnstoni_, =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1896, p. 616, pl.
xxvii.
Under this subspecific name Sclater has shortly described and figured
the local form of the Brindled Gnu that occurs on the plains of the
Shiré Highlands, Nyasaland. The difference consists mainly in the
generally brownish colour of the body, and the broad whitish band
across the face beneath the eyes. The mane is black or blackish as in
_C. taurinus typicus_, not white as in _C. albojubatus_.
Some good field-notes on the same animal by Mr. R. Crawshay are
appended to Sclater’s remarks.
Genus CEPHALOPHUS. (Vol. I. p. 121.)
Cephalophus hecki.
_Cephalophus hecki_, =Matsch.= SB. Ges. nat. Freund. Berlin, 1897, p.
158.
Herr Matschie has proposed this name for the geographical form of _C.
monticola_ (Bk. of Ant. i. p. 191) which occurs in Mozambique.
The type is an adult male in the Berlin Museum from Mozambique, and
there was also at the time of the description a specimen living in the
Zoological Garden of Berlin.
Cephalophus lugens.
_Cephalophus lugens_, =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1898, p. 393.
This is a member of the group of _C. monticola_, but larger
and of darker colour than any other of the three species of that
section—_C. monticola_, _C. melanorheus_, and _C.
æquatorialis_. The typical specimens were obtained by Mr. A.
Sharpe’s native hunters in Urori (or Usango), within the frontiers of
German East Africa, north of Lake Nyasa, at an altitude of about 3000
feet.
Cephalophus leucoprosopus.
_Cephalophus leucoprosopus_, =O. Neumann=, SB. Ges. nat. Freund.
Berlin, 1899, p. 18.
This species was based upon a pair of Antelopes living in the
Zoological Garden, Berlin, stated to have been received from Angola.
It is smaller than _C. coronatus_, and belongs to the same group,
with hornless females (_Sylvicapra_, Ogilby). Its general colour
is brown with a darker back; legs black; tail above black, beneath
white. The species is remarkable for the colour of the head, in which
the top of the nose and a triangular spot in front of the eyes are
black; the forehead is red; the outer sides of the ears, hinder part of
the head, and under-jaw are brownish. Round the eye runs a broad white
line, which extends towards the nose in sharp contrast to the black
colour; a spot at the base of the ear and the insides of the ears are
also white.
Genus RAPHICERUS. (Vol. II. p. 33.)
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