﻿Mr. 
  G. 
  Blaine 
  on 
  the 
  Korrlgum. 
  329 
  

  

  ahonf 
  10 
  A. 
  51. 
  and 
  aoaiu 
  before 
  sunsef, 
  being 
  partial 
  to 
  the 
  

   niuddj 
  water 
  of 
  stagnant 
  swamps 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  A 
  herd 
  of 
  korriguni 
  seen 
  wandering- 
  throngli 
  the 
  open 
  

   park-lands 
  cf 
  East 
  Africa 
  presents 
  a 
  very 
  striking- 
  and 
  

   beautiful 
  colour-effect. 
  They 
  change 
  from 
  mauve 
  to 
  purple- 
  

   red 
  and 
  black, 
  against 
  a 
  background 
  of 
  brilliant 
  emerald- 
  

   green, 
  as 
  tiie 
  sunlight 
  plays 
  spectrally 
  upon 
  their 
  glossy 
  

   painted 
  skins. 
  

  

  Being 
  stupid 
  antelopes, 
  they 
  will 
  often 
  dash 
  off 
  in 
  alarm 
  

   on 
  beconiing 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  from 
  a 
  distance, 
  

   subsequently 
  allowing 
  the 
  same 
  individual 
  to 
  walk 
  within 
  

   easy 
  rifle-range 
  if 
  he 
  is 
  persistent 
  in 
  following 
  them 
  up. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   large 
  bodies 
  of 
  water, 
  where 
  alluvial 
  treeless 
  flats 
  merge 
  into 
  

   wide 
  morasses, 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  lakes. 
  

   Tiiey 
  inhabit 
  in 
  lesser 
  numbers 
  park-like 
  undulating 
  country 
  

   and 
  ranges 
  of 
  low 
  grassy 
  hills, 
  often 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  

   hartebeestes. 
  They 
  also 
  range 
  over 
  the 
  Mau 
  Plateau 
  in 
  

   British 
  East 
  Africa 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  7000 
  to 
  8000 
  feet, 
  though 
  

   this, 
  I 
  fancy, 
  is 
  an 
  aberration 
  from 
  the 
  usual 
  resort 
  of 
  this 
  

   species; 
  and, 
  again, 
  in 
  small 
  numbers 
  through 
  the 
  grassy 
  

   undulating 
  country 
  of 
  N.W. 
  Kordofan. 
  

  

  Native 
  Names. 
  

   Tangkongo 
  (Gambia) 
  ; 
  Korrignm 
  (Bornu) 
  ; 
  Tiang 
  (Nile) 
  ; 
  

   Imera 
  or 
  Jimela 
  (Uganda, 
  Ugaia, 
  Unyamwesi) 
  ; 
  Topi 
  

   (Swahili) 
  ; 
  Mum 
  we 
  (Ussangu, 
  German 
  East 
  Africa). 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  Races 
  of 
  the 
  Korrigam. 
  

   Damaliscus 
  korri'gum. 
  — 
  Senegal 
  and 
  Bornu. 
  

  

  Colour 
  bright 
  orange-bay, 
  fciding 
  to 
  cinnamon 
  on 
  belly 
  and 
  

   inside 
  thighs. 
  Legs 
  from 
  knees 
  and 
  hocks 
  to 
  hoofs 
  cinna- 
  

   mon, 
  banded 
  above 
  with 
  dark 
  ashy 
  brown, 
  which 
  spreads 
  

   U[)wards 
  and 
  fades 
  into 
  narrow 
  reddish-grey 
  patches 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  an 
  ashy 
  sheen 
  on 
  shoulders 
  and 
  quarters. 
  A 
  blaze 
  of 
  

   blackish 
  grey 
  speckled 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  extends 
  down 
  the 
  

   face 
  from 
  between 
  the 
  horns 
  to 
  the 
  muzzle 
  only. 
  

  

  Skull 
  with 
  concave 
  frontal 
  profile. 
  Muzzle 
  slender 
  and 
  

   sliglitly 
  compressed 
  laterally. 
  

  

  Horns 
  basally 
  thick 
  and 
  compressed 
  laterally, 
  with 
  their 
  

   ends 
  bent 
  back 
  to 
  form 
  nearly 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  with 
  the 
  frontal 
  

   plane 
  of 
  the 
  skull. 
  Average 
  length 
  of 
  adult 
  male 
  horns 
  

   24 
  inches 
  ; 
  circumference 
  10 
  inches. 
  

  

  Damaliscus 
  korrigum 
  imrpurescens, 
  — 
  Benue 
  River, 
  N. 
  Ni- 
  

   geria. 
  

   Colour 
  light 
  in 
  tone, 
  as 
  in 
  korrigum^ 
  but 
  the 
  bay 
  evenly 
  

  

  