216 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
lateral hoofs are relatively smaller, and the black horns, which are of 
medium length and stoutness, diverge in an upward and outward 
direction, with a forward curvature at the tips, which may be hooked. 
Till very late in life the basal portion of the horns is of a pasty con- 
sistence, and owner’s measurements on the field very often include this. 
The present species, the true reitbok of the Boers, is the largest of the 
genus, standing about 36 or 37 inches at the shoulder; and has the 
ear-patch completely bare, and the horns curving regularly forwards 
without terminal hooks. Reedbuck are generally met with in small 
family parties, and when excited or alarmed utter a shrill whistle. As 
their flesh is of fair quality, and their shooting by no means difficult, 
they are much sought after by sportsmen. 
Distribution—Africa, from the Cape to Angola on the western side, 
and on the eastern side through Mozambique and South Nyasa- 
land to lat. 8° 25’ N. in the Bahr-el-Ghazal district. As their 
name implies, reedbuck frequent the reed-brakes fringing so many 
African rivers; some of the rivers where they are still fairly 
abundant being the Lotsani in Bamangwato and those of Ngami- 
land and the country between Mashonaland and the east coast. 
on font Roe Pa Locality. Owner. 
118 ae a South Africa F. Vaughan Kirby. 
-174 64 173 Barotsiland Percy C. Reid. 
-162 5% 134 Zululand J. Sealy-Bell. 
163 Sz 144 P.E. Africa British Museum (Rowland Ward). 
163 6 12} Do. Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
163 63 II N.W. Rhodesia . Capt. P. R. Bald. 
—163 62 19 Mpimbi, B.C.A. Major F. Trollope. 
164 6 16% Matabililand RC. Batley: 
164 64 154 N.W. Rhodesia . Lieut.-Col. Lord Douglas Compton. 
16} 5a 204 Barotsiland k. T. Coryndon. 
16 74 93 Do. Col. C. Harding. 
15¢ 64 1o} ? CDS Rudd 
15g 64 144 ? British Museum. 
aioe 6% 13% Transvaal. . Abe Bailey. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
1 This was seen and measured by Mr. Kirby. It had one horn only ; the other was shot off. 
2 Abnormal head. 
