THE WATERBUCK 



{Cobus ellipsiprymnus) 



Ipeva of Zulus and Swazis ; Ipiklwa of Basutos ; Tumogha of 

 Bechuanas ; Situmogha of Matabele ; Eetumuha of Maka- 

 lakas ; Eekulo of Masubias ; Chuzu of the Chilala and Chi- 

 zenga countries ; M'dongoma or Matutwi in the Barotse 

 country ; Kuru of the Swahili ; Mashigi-gig of Makobas and 

 Botletli ; Balango of Somali. 



The Waterbuck or Kring-gat of the Dutch Voor- 

 trekkers inhabits the open forest country of Zulu- 

 land, the eastern Transvaal, Rhodesia and South- 

 West Africa. In fact, in all wooded and well- 

 watered tracts, from Zululand on the east to South- 

 West Africa, and up to the northern Zoological 

 boundary of South Africa, the Waterbuck may be 

 found. From the Zambesi it ranges northwards 

 up the eastern side of Africa to Somaliland. 



In the eastern Transvaal and the game preserves 

 of Zululand, the Waterbuck is the most numerous 

 of all the larger antelopes. 



This noble antelope, as its name implies, favours 

 localities where rivers, marshes and ponds abound. 

 Their favourite resorts are the rough, broken, bushy 

 country and the sides of steep, shady hills near rivers 

 or marshes, to which they retreat when disturbed. 



They associate in herds of from half-a-dozen to 



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