(P. Z. S. 1871, p. 600.)
It has been stated by some authors that the female of this species is hornless, but of those in the Zoological Society’s Collection it is certain that both males and females have carried horns, though these appendages are usually rather smaller in the latter sex. As regards the specimens in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam, Mr. F. E. Blaauw likewise assures us that all the females have had horns, sometimes larger and sometimes smaller. We therefore regard the absence of horns in adult females of this species as an exceptional occurrence.
Maxwell’s Duiker appears to extend from Senegal and Gambia all along the West Coast of Africa to the mouths of the Niger. From Senegal, as already mentioned, it has been received in Paris, and from the Gambia living specimens were brought by Whitfield for the Derby Menagerie. From Sierra Leone there is a specimen in the British Museum presented by Colonel Sabine, R.E., which is the type of Cephalophus punctulatus. In Liberia, Mr. Büttikofer tells us, Maxwell’s Duiker is unquestionably the commonest species. It is known to the Liberians under the name of “Fulintongue,” of which no doubt “Philantomba” is a corruption. Mr. Büttikofer tells us that it lives in small troops in the bush, but is very shy and difficult for the hunter to approach, so that it is generally captured in snares. Proceeding farther westwards we find that specimens of this Antelope have been transmitted to the Leyden Museum from Dabacrom, on the Gold Coast, by Pel, and to the British Museum from Fantee by the native collector Aubinn. As we are kindly informed by Herr Matschie, there are examples of this species in the Berlin Museum collected in Togo-land by Herr Baumann.
Our figure of this Antelope (Plate XXI. fig. 2) was prepared by Mr. Smit many years ago under the directions of Sir Victor Brooke. It was probably taken from one of the specimens in the British Museum, but we have unfortunately no certain knowledge on this subject
August, 1895.
33. THE BLACK-RUMPED DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS MELANORHEUS, Gray.
Subspecies a. C. melanorheus typicus.
Cephalophus melanorheus, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 167 (1846); id. Knowsl. Men. p. 11, pl. x. (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 125; id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 88 (1852); Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. pp. 194, 236 (1853); Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 166 (1869); Gray, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 600; id. Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 28 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 98 (1873); Peters, Monatsb. Ac. Berl. 1876, p. 482 (Gaboon); Matsch. Arch. f. Nat. 1891, pt. 1, pp. 353, 354; Thos. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 426; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 212 (1893).
Antilope (Cephalolophus) melanorheus, Wagn. Schr. Säug., Suppl. v. p. 428 (1855).
Cephalophus anchietæ, Bocage, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 743 (Angola).