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WHITE-EARED COB 



CO BUS LEUCOTIS 

 Sudanese : Ariel 



I WAS told I should meet him in very large 

 quantities in the Sudan, and this proved to 

 be the case. 



He is prepossessing to a degree. A fine 

 old male, standing up black and white amongst 

 his reddish harem, is most conspicuous. And he 

 knows how to show himself off. His black coat 

 contrasts well with his white belly, the white spot 

 on his chest, and the large white eye patches ; 

 whilst the whiteness of the ears, which gives him 

 his name, causes them to appear larger than they 

 really are. And then his heavily ringed horns, 

 with their graceful backward sweep, hooked for- 

 ward at the tips, give him a very proud tout en- 

 semble, especially when you see him, as I first did, 

 in the early morning against a black burnt-up 

 parterre of cinders. He stands with his head 

 well up as he looks at one ; not at all in the aim- 

 less sort of way in which a hartebeest seems to 

 be looking down his nose. 



When his hide is pegged out to dry, a distinct 



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