Il6 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



ORIBI (Oribia scoparia). 



(The Cape oribi.) 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja .... Gwapi* (same as Zulu (Ngoni) . . . Chozimbi. 



duiker). Chisenga Chowzimbi. 



Chiyao Chikosimbl. Chibisa Kakonje. 



Chikunda .... Dambalachepa. Chiwemba .... Nsele. 



Food. 



Grass. 



Spoor. 

 Larger and more cobby than that of duiker, and much resembles a miniature 

 hartebeest, so cannot be mistaken easily for that of duiker. 



Spoor of hind foot, as in most game, narrower than that of fore, and it is also 

 more sharply pointed. 



Habitat. 

 Open dambos which it seldom leaves. Found in greater numbers in flat country, 

 and but few in the dambos among hills. 



Habits. 



Generally a male with one, two, or three females, three being rather the exception. 



Owing to their small size it is often difficult to distinguish the male from the 

 hornless female unless the background is a good colour, such as dry, light- 

 coloured grass. 



The male, however, almost always leads, and can be told in this way. Like 

 most small buck, after running away for a short distance they will frequently stop for 

 another look at the intruder before finally making off. 



Notes. 



* The Manganja appear to have no distinctive names for small buck, but call them all indiscriminately gwapi. 



