lichtenstein's hartebeest (bubalis lichtensteini). 



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LICHTENSTEIN'S HARTEBEEST (Bubalis lichtensteini). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja .... Ngondo. Zulu (Ngoni). Nkhonse. 



Chiyao Ngose. Swahili . . . Kuguni (another species ?). 



Chikunda .... Ngondo. Chibisa .... Nkonse. 



Chitono-a Nkhose. Chiwemba . . Nkonshi or Nkonkotela. 



Chisenga Nkonse. 



Food. 



Grass feeder. Also sometimes eats leaves of Bwazi, a very favourite food 



with most game. 



Spoor. 



Sharp or angular at toe {i.e., not rounded like sable). 



Does not spread in galloping so much or in the same way as that of sable, that 

 of the hartebeest spreading mostly from the toe. Very liable to be confused with 

 sable, but hartebeest is more angular, sharper cut, and slightly concave at the side 

 near the toe, whereas sable is more convex. 



Habitat. 



Open grass country with enough cover to give shade, but will not be found in 

 hilly country or thick bush. 



In country inhabited by hartebeest there are often numbers of little bare patches 

 on the ground where they habitually lie, as is shown by the dung of various ages. 



Habits. 



Graze in the open on dambos in small herds, usually consisting of from ten to 

 thirty animals. In the open they seldom go far when disturbed, and will generally only 

 go several hundred yards and stand looking at one, retiring if you advance so as to 

 keep out of range. 



The flesh is excellent eating. 



It would seem that he is a sociable animal, as gnu and zebra are often found 

 running with them, while a single hartebeest is often seen with a group of reedbuck. 

 A good head should be about 19 in. for a male, and for a female 14 in. 



Notes. 



