THE DUIKERBOK 



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ments when in cover. The madoqua (C. abyssinicus) is a smaller but allied species 

 from Abyssinia, distinguished by its grizzled grayish-brown color. 



Red Buck The red bu k r Natal duiker ( C - natalensis} , which stands about 



twenty-four inches at the shoulder, differs by its horns (present in both 

 sexes) inclining backward in the plane of the nose, as in the majority of the genus. 

 It is also distinguished by its bright reddish-bay color, shorter and broader ears, 

 smaller horns, and larger head-tuft. Owing to the sudden rushes they make when 

 disturbed, these antelopes are difficult to shoot, and their flesh is unpalatable. There 

 are many other more or less nearly-allied species, such as the philantomba ( C. max- 

 welli] of Sierra Leone, to which it will be unnecessary to refer. 



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Blue Buck 



MALE AND FEMALE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPES. 



(One-sixteenth natural size.) 



The little South -African blue buck or pigmy antelope (C. monticoid) 

 must, however, claim attention as being the smallest member of the 

 genus. These tiny creatures, which swarm in the Natal jungles, and stand only 

 thirteen inches at the shoulder, are smaller and lighter in build than a hare, and are 

 of a bluish-mouse color, with the tiny straight horns scarcely showing above the tuft 

 of hair. Mr. Drummond states that these antelopes feed principally on certain ber- 

 ries and shrubs found growing in the jungles, and seem to be on the move, more or 

 less, the whole day, though they are most often to be seen at early morning and 

 evening. ' ' Perhaps the most enjoyable way of shooting them is to steal about in 



