BRINDLED GNU 153 
lighter-coloured specimens, on the sides of the neck and fore-quarters. 
Typically, the fringe of hair on the throat, like the mane and tuft on 
the forehead, is black. 
Distributcon.—Formerly ranging from the north of the Orange River for 
a long distance up East Africa, the brindled gnu is now practically 
exterminated in the Orange River Colony and the adjacent dis- 
tricts south of the Limpopo. It is, however, still to be met with 
in parts of Griqualand West and of the Kalahari, as well as in 
British Bechuanaland ; while in Khama’s country and Rhodesia, 
and thence northwards through Central and East Africa, it is 
Head of Brindled Gnu. 
comparatively: abundant, and it also occurs in Mozambique. In 
spite of its clumsy and ungainly appearance, the brindled gnu is 
a rapid mover; and even when severely wounded will not un- 
frequently succeed in making good its escape from the mounted 
hunter. 
It is generally distributed in South-East Central Africa, and 
north of the Zambesi is represented by the Nyasaland race (C. 
taurinus johnstont), distinguished by the white chevron on the face. 
Another race is noticed below. 
