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the hind quarters Hke a Hartebeest, it resembles that species in its 

 heavy gallop, and belongs essentially to the same group." 



A third leading feature in the Antelopes of Somali-land is the 

 presence of two Koodoos {Strepsiceros kudu and S. imherhis). The 

 Greater Koodoo has long been known to us, and is extensively 

 diffused over the greater part of Southern and Eastern Africa, from 



Fig. 4.— Hunter's Bubal, Bubalis hunieri (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1889. p. 58). 



the Cape to the Abyssinian Highlands. Its enormous spiral horns 

 are admired by everyone. But not so familiar to most people is the 

 Lesser Koodoo {Strepsiceros imberbis), a smaller representative of the 

 same beautiful type, which appears to be restricted to Somali-land 



"5^^ Mr. Hunter's Appendix to Willoughby's " East Africa and its Big Game," 

 p. 290. 



