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Lichtenstein's hartebeest {Alcclaplius licMenstcinii), a 

 somewhat nearly allied form, differing, however, a 

 good deal in the shape of the horns, is found taking 

 the place of the true South African hartebeest.^ In 

 Eastern Africa again, in addition to Jackson's and 

 Lichtenstein's hartebeest, another interesting species, 

 Coke's hartebeest, has in recent times been discovered. 

 This new species bears a strong family likeness to the 

 true hartebeest, which is not found in East Africa. 

 In the north of Somaliland and Shoa, again, yet 

 another species, Swayne's hartebeest, has been 

 identified by Capt. Swayne ; another, the " Tora," or 

 " Tetel " of the Arabs, is found in Abyssinia and 

 Upper Nubia. Again, on the West Coast — Gambia, 

 Niger, and Cameroons — a form of hartebeest is 

 found, intermediate between the Bubaline antelope 

 of North Africa and Lichtenstein's hartebeest. In 

 North Africa the Bubaline antelope, AlcelapTius hu- 

 halis), a family connection of uglier form and more 

 washy colouring, is found. The range of this last 

 antelope extends as far as Arabia and even Syria, 

 and affords the only instance of a member of this 

 group of antelopes being found in Asia. 



It would seem probable that the Bubaline antelope 

 may be an interesting link between the far-off ages 

 when many forms of animal life, now peculiar to the 



1 The Transvaal hunting Boers call this antelope the 

 <'Moff hartebeest." 



