THE HARNESSED ANTELOPES 



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knowledge of the habits of this species, except that, like the rest, it is a forest- 

 dwelling one. 



In East Africa, in Zululand, and St. Lucia bay, the bongo is re- 

 placed by the nyala ( T. angasi). The males stand about three feet 

 four inches at the withers, and have horns varying from twenty-two to twenty- 

 eight inches in length. The hair is long, and the general color of the males dark 

 bluish gray, with the white stripes faintly marked and few in number, and a fringe 

 of long hair on the neck and under parts of the body. The horns are characterized 

 by their rough surface. Mr. Drummond states that these antelopes are only to be 

 found in low-lying, fever-stricken swamps, where they frequent the densest jungle 

 they can find. They are shy and difficult to stalk; and from this circumstance, 

 coupled with the feverish nature of their haunts, comparatively few are killed by 

 Europeans. The ground color of the female's fur is reddish. 



The third species is the West -African harnessed antelope (T. 

 West-African 



Harnessed gratus} , from the Camerun mountains and the Gabun district of 



Antelope which the head is figured in the accompanying cut. This antelope 

 agrees with the last in having white 

 spots on the head and stripes on 

 the body, but differs from all 

 those yet noticed in the extreme 

 elongation of the main hoofs, which 

 are evidently specially adapted for 

 walking on swampy ground. The 

 lateral hoofs, moreover, which in 

 most of the foregoing species are 

 extremely small, are in this ante- 

 lope large and elongated. The 

 male stands about three and one- 

 half feet at the shoulder; and is 

 characterized by the absence of a 

 fringe of long hair on the throat, 

 and the dark olive tint of the coat. 

 In the female the ground color of 

 the fur is bright rufous, orna- 

 mented, as in the male, with white 

 spots on the face and stripes on the 

 body. The horns of the male are 

 generally about eighteen or nine- 

 teen inches in length, measured in a 

 straight line. Little or nothing ap- 

 pears to be known as to the habits 

 of this species in its wild state, but 

 several examples have been exhi- 

 bited in the Zoological Gardens at 

 Amsterdam, where they have bred. 



HEAD OF \VFST-AFRIC.\N HARXKSSRD ANTELOPE. 

 (From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc.. 1883.) 



