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Rudolf, although the exact habitat of that race {Bnbalis cokei 

 rothschildi) is uncertain. 



The race just mentioned is stated to be of a darker yellow-brown, 

 with less tendency to red than the typical race, and with the thighs 

 and hind-legs less distinctly whitish. 



The following account of this species is abbreviated from one 

 furnished by Mr. A. H. Neumann : — 



" These hartebeests are found in wooded country, wherever the bush 

 is not too thick and there are open glades to graze in, but are far more 

 abundant on the grassy plains. In favourable situations of the latter 

 type, as in Masailand, they sometimes congregate in large herds, often 

 in company with zebras, and sometimes with gazelles. The range does 

 not seem to overlap that of other species, except perhaps to the south, 

 where this species is said to meet B. licJitensteini at no great distance 

 from the boundary between British and German territory, extending 

 into the latter as far south as Mpuapwa. Inland its nearest neighbour 

 appears to be B. neunianni, whose range it approaches in the neighbour- 

 hood of Lake Naivasha. It is not found much west of the longitude 

 of Naivasha ; but as to its easterly limit I am not clear, although I 

 have not heard of it east of the Tana. 



" In common with other members of the genus, which it resembles 

 in its ungainly appearance and somewhat stiff but springy gait, this 

 hartebeest is fleet and enduring, seeming, when put to speed, to spurn 

 the earth with hardly an effort. The flesh is excellent, if the animal 

 be in good condition ; the choicest, as in the case of all antelopes, 

 being that of a large heifer. Within the limits mentioned Coke's 

 hartebeest is the most widely distributed of all antelopes, being met 

 with almost everywhere except in thick bush." 



THE CAPE HARTEBEEST 



{Bubalis caina) 



Kama OR K/iania, Bechuana AND HOTTENTOT ; Ingama, 

 Makalaka ; Mchluzele, Zulu 



(Plate iv, fig. 7) 



This species is the hartebeest par excellence, having been so named 

 by the old Cape Dutch on account of some fancied resemblance — 

 perhaps its red coat — to a stag. It differs markedly from all the 



