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TIANG 



DAMALISCUS TIANG 



Sudan : Bur^ 



THIS is an almost exact counterpart of 

 my old friend the topi of East African 

 fame. The topi is also to be found 

 in Uganda in certain districts, so that 

 where the topi proper merges into the tiang of 

 latitude ten degrees on the White Nile I do not 

 know. 



The tiang is red-fawn in colour with purplish 

 brindles and patches on the fore-arm and thighs. 

 It is very closely related to the hartebeest, 

 having the same ungainly appearance and the 

 same long face. The horns are lyre-shaped and 

 heavily ringed, and the head is bigger than that 

 of the topi, over twenty-three inches being only 

 slightly above the general average. 



Of all the animals difficult of approach, from 

 a stalking point of view, that I have met I think 

 the tiang easily " takes the cake." The first herd 

 of tiang that I saw numbered about forty indivi- 

 duals, and though I squirmed about through 

 burnt grass, getting practically coal-black all over 



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