DAMAI I S ( Strep siceiQs) C_A- P E U S IS .
(Mammalia.__Hate 4E.MaLe)
DAMALIS (8TREPSICEROS) CAPENSIS.
M amma lia .—P lates XLII. a nd XL1II.
D. supeme rufo-griseus, infeme albus, corpore postice strigis verticalibus albis notato ; linel vertibrale alba
et facie, fasciola angulare ejusdem colons, signata; cornubus spiralibus carinatis; collo sub-jubato.
Damalis strepsiceros, H, Smith ; Griffith,-Translation of the Animal Kingdom of Cuvier, vol. v.
Antelope strepsiceros, A act., Koodoo of the Cape Colonists.
P l a t e XLII.— M a l e .
C o lo u r .—The upper and lateral parts of the neck and body, together with
the extremities, rufous grey, the grey tint most distinct on the neck and
shoulders; the breast, under surface of body, and inner sides of buttocks
rusty white. The forehead, chaffron, and sides of the head immediately
behind the angle of the mouth dirty rufous, the cheeks and sides of the head
posteriorly rusty grey;—the colour of the face broken by the intervention of
an angular narrow white bar, which extends from one eye to the other, and
has its most depending point or angle on the middle of the chalfron; the
hair edging it superiorly, as well as that towards the base of the horns, being
in general rusty brown. The sides of the head are variegated with several
small irregular white spots, one in front of each ear, one under each lower
eyelid, and one on each cheek; the eyebrows, the chin, and the lips are also
white. The muzzle black. The ears externally rufous grey, internally rusty
white; the mane light rusty brown. Between the shoulders and the base of
the tail there extends a narrow white line in the course of the vertebral
column, and from this line there descends seven or eight vertical lines of the
same colour, part of which are situated on the sides of the body, and part on
the outer aspect of the buttock. Tail posteriorly brown, anteriorly white,—
the tuft forming its point dark reddish-brown. Eyes brownish red. Horns
light brown with a faint greenish tinge; posterior aspect of fetlock joint
reddish-brown. True and false hoofs brownish black, and the base of the
latter narrowly edged with hair of a reddish-brown colour.