waterbucks and kobs, which include the largest representatives of the 



group, there are no naked patches on the head below the ears, the tail 



is comparatively long, with a slight terminal tuft, and the lateral hoofs 



are large. A characteristic feature of the skull is the presence of a 



deep hollow in the forehead. From its allies the true or common 



waterbuck is recognisable at a glance by the elliptical white ring on 



the buttocks, which extends downwards to the thighs. Height at 



shoulder from 48 to 53 inches. Weight about 360 Ibs. clean. 



Distribution. Africa north of the Limpopo along the eastern coast 



region as far as the Shebeyli River in Somaliland ; thus including 



Nyasaland and British and German East Africa. Never, apparently, 



very abundant, this handsome antelope, whose head and horns form 



one of the chief prizes of the South African hunter, has had its 



range much curtailed of late years. Its present strongholds are 



the unhealthy districts between the Sabi and Zambesi, the affluents 



of the latter river, and the Chobi, Okavango, and other rivers above 



Lake Ngami. 



Length on 

 front. 



-35* 

 -34 

 -335 

 -33i 



33 



33 

 -33 

 -33 



32i 



Circum- 

 ference. 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



14 



24 



292 



24 



17 



-34 



Locality. 

 Delagoa Bay . 

 South Africa . 



Limpopo Valley, S.E. 

 Africa 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Mashonaland . . . 



Do. 



Do. 



Lake Ngami . . . 

 South Africa . 

 Barotsiland 

 Zululand 

 North of Pungwe . 



Batoka Plateau 



Owner. 



F. H. Barber. (See illustration. ) 

 O. R. Dunell. 

 Mr. Justice Hopley. 

 H. T. and A. H. Glynn. 

 J. da Gama Cruz. 

 F. Vaughan Kirby. 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 British Museum (F. C. Selous). 

 J. G. Millais. 

 A. Ohlsson. 

 South-African Museum. 

 Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 

 R. T. Coryndon. 

 Major L. O. Williams. 

 Count E. Hoyos. 

 Julius Jeppe. 

 S. M. L. O'Keefe. 



