306 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
erectile along the middle of the back ; while in many, and especially 
the southern races, there is a collar round the neck on which the hair 
is quite short. In the Abyssinian race (7° scriptus decula), which ranges 
into the dense forests bordering the Webbe River in Somaliland, and is 
locally known as do/, the build is low and stout, and the general colour 
yellowish, the light stripes being nearly obsolete. The Nile 7. scréptus 
bor is allied. Inthe West African race (7. scrzptus typicus), from West, 
Central, and South-Central Africa, the ground-colour is bright rufous, 
and the spots and stripes are very conspicuous. In the Limpopo 7. s. 
roualeynt the bucks are dark brown, with only faint indications of white 
markings, but in the Cape 7. s. sylvaticus the colour is dark brown 
without transverse white stripes, and the spots are reduced to a few 
indistinct ones on the haunches and behind the shoulder. The Arusi 
T. s. meneltki is nearly black. Other races have been named. 
In the southern districts of Cape Colony bushbuck are still to be 
found in abundance, even in the neighbourhood of large towns like Port 
Elizabeth. Recourse is, however, had to preserving for the greater part 
of the year, by which means the well-known Easter Hunts, when 
driving is practised and large bags are made, are still kept up. In 
more inland districts either the does or both sexes are periodically 
protected. A wounded bushbuck often makes a dangerous charge. 
Most of the following belong to the Cape 7. s. sylvaticus, although 
those from the Limpopo represent 7. s. voualeynt :— 
Rc cio Woe Locality Owner. 
19? 64 44 Upper Shiré Valley . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. (See 
illustration. ) 
193 63 $3 N.E. Rhodesia : 2) Eta Ss. Lbormicroft: 
-194 6} 74 Natal : . , ~ (CoS; Mann: 
-197% 52 II Lower Zambesia : Fleet-Surgeon W. H. S. Stalkartt, 
19 52 st Orne | 2 DR gemaemonl 
183 6 102 ? Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
184 6 83 Pungwe . : . P. H. Dlingworth. ’ 
18} 53 8% BC eAtrica 9 = ; . J. Sealy Bell. 
18} 64 7H KE. Transvaal . < . Major J. Stevenson-Hamilton. 
18} 64 7 N.W. Rhodesia : . G. de P. Colvile. 
pe 53 43 Zululand . : F . Abe Bailey. 
174 63 73 Zomba, B.C. A. : . D. MacAlpine. 
174 53 10? Limpopo Valley : . Grahamstown Museum. 
174 6 54 N.E. Gazaland. ; . A. M. Naylor. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
