194 rECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Shot in the Webbe Shebayle River District, Somaliland, by Capt. H. G. C. Swayne. 
BUSHBUCK (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)—South Africa. 
Do. (Tragelaphus scriptus)—East Africa. 
Do. (Tragelaphus decula)—Somaliland and Abyssinia. 
The thicket-loving Bushbuck is still to be found plentifully in the 
southern portions of Cape Colony, the Trans-Kei, Natal, and along the 
south-eastern littoral wherever bush and covert flourish. Even in the 
vicinity of large towns, such as Port Elizabeth, these antelopes are 
abundant, and at the well-known Easter hunts, when driving is resorted 
to, heavy bags are made. To obtain these big bags, however, preserva- 
tion during a great portion of the year is largely adopted in Cape Colony. 
In some districts farther from the sea-board, where the animals have 
become scarcer, Bushbuck are absolutely protected for a year or two 
by legislative enactments. In other districts the ewes only are pro- 
tected. The Bushbuck Ram is a most handsome and plucky little 
beast, and the unsophisticated should remember that its charge, when 
wounded, is not by any means to be made light of. 
HEIGHT at shoulder about 2 feet 6 inches. 
