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Head of Lesser Bushbuck shot by Mr. A. M. Naylor. 



LESSER BUSHBUCK (Tragelaphus scriptus). 



Assali, Danakil name. 

 Chiwalawala in the Chilala and 



Chibisa countries. 

 Roschbok of the Dutch. 

 Ibawara of the Lower Zambesi 



natives. 

 Imbabala of the Swazis and 



Matonsra. 



Inkonka (male), Imbabala (female) 



of the Zulus. 

 M^babala in Barotsiland. 

 M'babala and Serolo buchuhu in 



Ngamiland. 



Mbawara of the Swahilis. 

 Mazo and Biiliimgilo of the Hausas. 

 Scrolobutuku of the Bamangwatos. 

 Ungurungu of the Makubas. 



The bushbucks, or harnessed antelopes, form an extensive group of 

 species nearly allied to the kudus, but usually displaying great sexual 

 differences in the colour of the coat, and generally having a simpler 

 spiral to the horns. The females are nearly always striped with white 

 on a chestnut ground, but the bucks may be darker and more 

 uniformly coloured. As in the kudus, the females are hornless. The 

 lesser bushbuck is the smallest and at the same time the most widely 

 spread member of the group, having several local races. The height at 

 the shoulder ranges from 2^- to 3 feet, and the weight from i oo Ibs. to 



