302 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



GREATER KUDU (Strepsiceros capensis). 



Agarzin of the Abyssinians. Muzeeloua of the Batongas. 



Eebala-bala of the Amandebele. Ngoma in the Chilala and Chibisa 

 Ee-zilarwa of the Makalakas. countries. 



Dwar of the Masaras. Noro of the Mashonas. 



Godir of the Somalis. Tolo of the Bechuanas. 



Itolo of the Basutos. Tolo in Barotsiland and Ngamiland. 



Itshongonons of the Swazis. Unza of the Mazubias. 

 Unzwa of the Makubas. 



Although rather less brilliantly coloured than some of the harnessed 

 antelopes, the kudus are among the handsomest of all antelopes, their 

 spiral horns, striped coat, and noble carriage rendering them really 

 magnificent creatures. Their chief difference from the bushbucks is to 

 be found in the fuller spiral formed by the horns and their larger ears : 

 both sexes being nearly similar in colour. The special character- 

 istics of the greater or true kudu are the large size (height at shoulder 

 reaching to 4 feet 10 inches or 5 feet), the presence of a thick fringe of 

 long hair on the throat, and the open spiral of the horns of the bull. 

 The colour is too well known to require description. 



Distribution. The kudu, in suitable localities, ranges over the greater 

 part of Africa south of the Sahara, extending from Abyssinia and 

 Somaliland through East and Central Africa to the Cape, and west- 

 ward across the continent to Angola, where the Congo apparently 

 forms its northern limits. In spite of its bulk, it is an adept at 

 concealment ; and this trait, coupled with its general wariness and 

 x acute sense of smell and hearing, has largely contributed to its sur- 

 vival in districts where it is much hunted. Except in the Uitenhage 

 jungles, where it is preserved by English farmers, the kudu has 

 been exterminated from Cape Colony. In Eastern Mashonaland 

 it is still abundant, as it is in the highlands of Somaliland, in which 

 country it is rarely met with on the plains. 



Although unrivalled at getting across rocky hills, the kudu is by 

 no means a good performer on the flat (where it seldom allows itself 

 to be surprised), and can be ridden down without much difficulty by 

 a fairly well-mounted hunter. 



Horned females occur rarely. 



