244 ANTELOPES 



THE BLACK-FACED, OR ANGOLA, PALA 



{yEpyceros peter si) 



(Plate v, fig. 5) 



The black-faced pala of Angola differs from the typical repre- 

 sentative of the genus (of which, indeed, it may perhaps be merely a 

 local race) by the presence of a purplish-black streak along the middle 

 of the face from the transverse line of the eyes downwards, and also 

 of a similar longitudinal streak on each side of the face passing through 

 the vertical line of the eye. The species, or race, is known only from 

 the Kakao- Veldt and the Mossamedes district of Angola. In habits 

 it appears to be identical with the typical pala. 



THE SPRINGBUCK 



i^Antidorcas euchore) 



Springbok, Cape Dutch ; Tsipi, Bechuana ; Itsaypi, Makalaka ; 

 APenya, WEST Africa 



(Plate ix, fig. i) 



With this well-known and graceful species we reach the first 

 representative of the gazelles — a group easy of recognition on account 

 of the peculiar type of face-markings prevalent in most (and in all of 

 the African) species ; and also one in which the females are generally 

 furnished with horns. 



From ordinary gazelles the springbuck differs, however, by the 

 presence of a deep fold in the skin of the middle of the back, lined with 

 long white bristly hairs, and capable of being partially turned inside- 

 out, when the long hairs, in place of lying flat, are erected so as to 

 form a kind of fan-like crest. It is further distinguished by having 

 only five, instead of the usual six, pairs of cheek-teeth in the lower jaw. 



The horns of the bucks are of medium size and lyrate form, curving 

 at first outwards and then inwards with a peculiarly graceful twist, and 

 the tips inclining either directly inwards or inwards and backwards : 

 those of the does are smaller. In height a male springbuck stands 

 about 30 inches, or perhaps rather more ; while its weight has been 



