. The book of antelopes . r and are often seenstanding deep in the mud of the rivers. At the same time they are frequentlymet with in dry forest and in open savannahs far from rivers. Like ourRed Deer, they generally retire into the wood early in the day, even beforesunrise, but on the other hand come out again into the open much earlierin the evening. AVhen disturbed in the open country they retire straight int(jthe wood. Herr Matschie points out that the present species differs from C. uncfuosusin having the face of a bright rufous colour, and is of opinion that Dr. Noackand Dr. Pagenstecher
. The book of antelopes . r and are often seenstanding deep in the mud of the rivers. At the same time they are frequentlymet with in dry forest and in open savannahs far from rivers. Like ourRed Deer, they generally retire into the wood early in the day, even beforesunrise, but on the other hand come out again into the open much earlierin the evening. AVhen disturbed in the open country they retire straight int(jthe wood. Herr Matschie points out that the present species differs from C. uncfuosusin having the face of a bright rufous colour, and is of opinion that Dr. Noackand Dr. Pagenstecher have wrongly referred the specimens of this speciesobtained by several German explorers to C. unctuosas and C. eilipsipnjmiuis. Our figure of this species (Plate XXXVI.) was put upon the stone bySmit from an original sketch by Wolf which is now in the possession ofSir Douglas Brooke. Unfortunatelv we have been unable to make out fromwhat specimen it Avas originally prepared. August, 1896. THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, WolfdeLJSmitlitk. COBUS M AI^I A Pubhslwd lyUil Porter Hanhart imp. 121 63. MRS. GRAYS WATERBUCK. COB US MAE I A, Geay.[PLATE XXXVII.] Kobus maria, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (3) iv. p. 296 (1859) (Bahr-el-Gazal, Petherick); id. Cat. Kum. B. M. p. 16 (1872) ; id. Hand-1. Rum. B. M. p. 87 (1873); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 239 (1862); Petherick, Travels in Centr. Afr. i. p. 159 (1869).Cobus mariae, Ward, Horn Meas. p. 91 (1892); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 224 (1893). Adenota megaceros, Heuglin, Fitz. Sitz. Ak. Wien, xvii. p. 247 (1855), nomeu nudum; Heuglin, Ant. u. Biiff. (N. Act. ) xxx. pt. ii. p. 14, t. ii. figs. 7, 8 (1863) (descript. satis ace.) ; Marno, Reise in der Aegypt. p. 40 (1878).Kobus megaceros, Marno, Reise im Geb. d. blauen u. weissen Nil, p. 387 (1874). Vernacular Names :— Abohk of the Dinkas ; Til of the Nuehrs. Height at shoulders about 35-40 inches. General colour dark reddishbrown. Forehead and nos
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