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
This species is based upon an old mounted specimen in the Darmstadt
Museum which was obtained years ago by Harnier on the Bahr-el-Gebel
between 6° and 7° N. lat. The horns have eighteen rings and are nearly
parallel; they measure from base to tip 35·4 centim. in a straight line.
The ground-colour of the fur is yellow; the eye-region, a circular mark
in front of the ears, rim round the nostrils, under lips, under neck,
whole under surface, and inner sides of legs are white; the sides of
the head, the whole body and a broad band across the breast, the hind
margins of the shoulders, and thighs are yellow; an oval nose-spot, a
broad band from the side of the neck, bordering the white breast, over
the shoulders down to the hoofs are black, as are the groins and the
hinder feet; a white ring surrounds the hoofs.
Cobus vardoni loderi.
_Cobus vardoni loderi_, =Lyd.= P. Z. S. 1899, p. 983.
On a skull and horns in the collection of Sir E. G. Loder, F.Z.S., from
an unknown locality (of which a figure is given), Mr. Lydekker bases
this subspecies of the Poku (_cf._ Bk. of Ant. vol. ii. p. 141).
A somewhat similar specimen was obtained by Mr. Smitheman near Lake
Bangweolo, and it is thought possible therefore that these specimens
may belong to _C. smithemani_, described in the same paper.
Genus CERVICAPRA. (Vol. II. p. 155.)
Cervicapra thomasinæ.
_Cervicapra thomasinæ_, =Scl.= P. Z. S. 1900 (May 8th).
Under this name Sclater has recently described and figured a species
of Reedbuck, met with in Nyasaland, which he has characterized as
follows:—“_C._ quoad formam _C. arundinum_ fere similis, sed
colore albo, in dorso cineraceo et pedibus antice fulvo-brunneis, ut
videtur, satis diversa: alt. ad humeros 35 poll.—_Hab._ in ripis
Laci Nyasæ, Afr. or.”
Cervicapra fulvorufula subalbina.
_Cervicapra fulvorufula subalbina_, =Kirby=, P. Z. S. 1897, p. 897.
This is either a partially albino variety or a local form of
_Cervicapra fulvorufula_, discovered by Mr. F. V. Kirby, F.Z.S.,
on the mountains of the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal. It differs
from typical specimens in having the legs white from the knees down,
white hoofs, a pure white tail above and beneath, a white spot on the
forehead, and a more or less clearly defined white stripe down the back
of the neck and along the dorsal line.
There are two specimens of this Antelope in the British Museum,
presented by Mr. Kirby.
Genus LITHOCRANIUS. (Vol. III. p. 227.)
Lithocranius sclateri.
_Lithocranius sclateri_, =O. Neumann=, SB. Ges. nat. Freund. Berlin,
1899, p. 19.
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