. The book of antelopes . h, 1892. Thehorns measured on the straight 22|- inches, on the curve 24f inches. The other male, which was a smaller animal but had as good horns, andone of the females (the one preserved) were shot on the cliffs north ofKarembwis, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, July 27th, 1892. The horns of this male measured on the straight also 22|- inches, on thecurve 24^ inches. The second female I shot for meat on the left bank of the Choma Kiver,about due north of Lake Mweru ya Matipa —the Mweru of Mud, as thenatives know the smaller Lake Mweru to the east of Lake Mweru pro
. The book of antelopes . h, 1892. Thehorns measured on the straight 22|- inches, on the curve 24f inches. The other male, which was a smaller animal but had as good horns, andone of the females (the one preserved) were shot on the cliffs north ofKarembwis, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, July 27th, 1892. The horns of this male measured on the straight also 22|- inches, on thecurve 24^ inches. The second female I shot for meat on the left bank of the Choma Kiver,about due north of Lake Mweru ya Matipa —the Mweru of Mud, as thenatives know the smaller Lake Mweru to the east of Lake Mweru proper—October 27th, 1892. The skins of these animals subsequently lost much oftheir dark colouring, a considerable quantity of the hair coming out (as itwill do with the very movable coats of Waterbuck) and the remainderbecoming lighter in drying. Our figure of this Waterbuck (Plate XXXIV.) has been taken by Mr. Smitfrom the typical male specimen now in the British Museum. August, 189G. THE BOOK OF ANTE LOPES,PL. XXX\^.. /.ymz^ cZe^ & Itlk,. Penrices WateTrboicTr^COBXJS T»ETSrTaCEI Fuhlished hyE^ Banharl imp. 113 6i. PENRICES WATERBUCK. COBUS PENEICEI, Eothsch.[PLATE XXXV.] Colus penricei, Eothsch. Nov, Zool. ii. p. 32^ pi. iv. fig. 1 (1895) ; Bryden, Field,vol. Ixxxvii. p. G53 (April 25, 1896). Verxactjlar Name :—Kring-hart of the Trek-Boers of Benguela. Of about the size of C. ellipsiprymmis and its allies (height at shoulders45 inches), but at once distinguishable by its intensely blackish whitish; face black, with rufous hairs between the horns. Stripeover eye white. Ears outside rufous brown, with blackish tips and edges,inside white. Sides of face, neck, and body deep brownish black, plentifullyinterspersed with reddish-brown hairs, which are white at the base and givethe eitect 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 theback, which parts are almost
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