STEEXBUCK 181. 



early morning. It is fond of the young tendrils or shoots 

 of the vine, and is in consequence not loved by the wine 

 farmers. 



Pediotragus horstocki. Steenhuck. Steenbok. 



Iquini (Zulu) ; Impulujjudi (Basuto) ; Ungicena (Matabele) ; 



Ingaina (Swazi) ; Phuduhudu (Bechuana). 



Colour a pale reddish-brown, varying in shade and 

 intensity according to age and locality ; below, including 

 the buttocks, white, or nearly so. A black mark on the 

 face from the naked skin of the nose, half-way towards 

 the eye. A white stripe over the eye. There is generally 

 a Y-shaped black mark on the forehead. The limbs are 

 slender and there are no knee tufts, nor false hoofs. The 

 true hoofs are narrow and pointed. The female is horn- 

 less. Horns hardly ridged at the base ; from 3 to 5i 

 inches in length. Becord 7^ inches. Length of head 

 and body 84 to 35 inches. Height 20 to 22 inches. 

 Weight 20 to 28 lb. 



This is a graceful little animal, and is the most widely 

 distributed of the South African Antelopes. It is found 

 in open bush country or on rocky ridges. At Brandfort, 

 Orange Free State, we found it amongst the mimosa 

 scrub on the flats near hills, and in the Johannesburg 

 district on the open veld in the vicinity of the eucalyptus 

 plantations, to which it betakes itself when alarmed or 

 pursued. It shares with the Duiker in being the 

 commonest of the African Antelope in districts where 

 suitable cover exists, and is still fairly plentiful in parts 

 of the Bushveld of the Pretoria, Rustenburg and Water- 

 berg districts, wherever poaching and Kafhr dogs have 

 given it a chance. It is usually found singly or in pairs, 

 feeding during the early hours of the morning or towards 

 and after sunset. It is easily killed by means of a 



