CAPE ORIBI ANTELOPE a 
g Oribi from Pungwe District, South-East Africa. 
CAPE ORIBI ANTELOPE (Ourebia scoparia). 
This charming little antelope is still plentiful upon open grassy 
plains in many parts of South Africa. Often, when the gunner is 
in search of francolin, or bustards, with the aid of a pointer, steadily 
beating some big flat, an Oribi, which has been squatting like a hare, 
will leap up from its form and flash away at immense speed, springing 
occasionally from side to side. If the gunner, as often happens, is close 
enough, a charge of shot will bowl the little buck over and add a plump, 
if diminutive, piece of venison to the bag. In Natal and Zululand the 
Oribi is very familiar. In the eastern parts of the Cape Colony it used 
to be chased with greyhounds, before which it gave excellent sport. 
HEIGHT at shoulder about 24 inches. 
Distribution—-Natal and Zululand, the Transvaal, Eastern districts of 
the Cape Colony and the Orange Free State, Matabeleland and 
Mashonaland, and south of Zambesi. Slightly varied forms of 
this Antelope are found north of the Zambesi. 
Length on oe 
outside | ales Tip to Tip. Habitat. Owner. 
TEI erence. 
6 24 2} Spitzkop . oe Elaelisrand Ave Ee Glynn: 
53 | 1g 3 Pungwe River . | G. L. Bonham. 
—5 2 276 Barberton. . | Dr. Percy Rendall. 
