152 RECORDS OF BIG "CAME 
Horns of Brindled Gnu. From specimen in the British Museum, 
presented by Mr. Rowland Ward. 
The BRINDLED GNU or BLUE WILDEBEEST (Connochetes taurinus). 
Ee-vumba, Makalaka. Minyumbwi, Batonga. 
LTkokonz, Basuto. Munyumbwa, Chila. 
Lnkoni-konz, Amandebili. Numbo, Masubia. 
Inkongont, Swazi and Zulu. Nyamba, Chilala and Chisenga. 
Kokong, Barotsi and Batoka. Ungzozo, Makuba. 
From their near relatives the hartebeests the gnus, or wildebeests, 
are distinguishable at a glance by their grotesque shape and smooth 
horns, as they also are by their habits. The long, broad, and massive 
head has a blunt and bristly muzzle, and tufts of coarse hair on the 
forehead and chin; the chin-tuft also extending on to the throat. 
The horns, which are placed on the crown of the head, are approxi- 
mated at their. bases, especially in old bulls, and are nearly smooth, 
more or less flattened at the bases, but almost cylindrical at the tips ; 
the curvature being at first outwards, or outwards and downwards, 
and then bending upwards at the tips. An abundant mane of long 
hair clothes the back of the neck; and the tail is covered with longer 
and softer hairs, reaching considerably below the hocks. It is from 
the equine form of the tail that these animals were long popularly 
known by the name of “horned horse.” The hoofs are characterised 
by their narrow form. 
The blue wildebeest, as this species is called in S. Africa, is a large 
animal, standing from 4 feet 3 to 4 feet 44 inches at the shoulder. 
Its most characteristic features are the outward direction of the horns, 
which are but little expanded at the base and not unlike those of a 
buffalo; the uniformly black tail, the partially pendent mane, the 
presence of a fringe on the throat, and the absence of long hair on the 
middle of the face, the lower part of the chest, and between the fore-legs. 
The general colour varies from grizzled roan to blackish slaty brown, 
with more or less distinct vertical dark stripes, most conspicuous in the 
