290 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Skull and Horns of Gemsbuck. From Mr. F. H. Barber’s specimen 
in American National Collection. 
The GEMSBUCK (Oryx gazella). 
Gemsbok, Cape Dutch. Kukama, Bechuana. Ko, Burman. 
The long, straight, spear-like horns, of which even the lion fights 
shy, render the gemsbuck and its more immediate allies an easily 
recognised sub-group. And even when, as in the white oryx, the horns 
are scimitar-shaped, they differ from those of the sable antelope by 
starting in the plane of the face. It is also a noteworthy fact that in 
the present species the horns of the females are longer and finer, and 
therefore more prized, than those of the bulls. An adult gemsbuck 
stands about 4 feet at the shoulder. In addition to the length of 
its horns, the species is sufficiently characterised by the presence 
