REEDBUCK 189 



Pasterns hairy. Tail short. It is a more lightly built 

 and more graceful animal than the Lechwe. Horns 

 curved slightly forwards and outwards and the tips bent 

 forwards. Length 15 to 20 inches ; record 20f inches. 

 Length of head and body 5| feet; tail 7i inches. 

 Height about 3 feet. Weight about 200 Ib. 



This Antelope, like the Lechwe, was discovered by 

 Livingstone's party. The Puku ranges from the 

 Zambesi Valley to Lake Mweru. It has a fairly wide 

 distribution in the Zambesi and Chobi Valleys (Barotse- 

 land), being common on the Kafue River about a hundred 

 miles from the railway line. It is not quite so aquatic 

 in its habits as the Lechwe, but is seldom found more 

 than 800 yards away from a river or lagoon. It lives 

 in small herds of from four to a dozen individuals, old 

 rams being found singly or a few consorting together. 

 They are more like Waterbuck in habits, feeding on 

 river banks, and lying under bushes or trees during the 

 heat of the day. 



Trouessart puts these two last species in a separate 

 genus, Adenota of Gray. 



Genus REDUNCA. 



Resembling the preceding genus considerably. Tail 

 short and very bushy. A glandular bare spot below the 

 ears on the sides of the head. Horns only present io 

 the males. 



Redunca arundinum. Eeedbuck. Bietbok. 



Nhlango (Swazi) ; Mzikie (Matabele and Zulu) ; Mutubo 



(Barotse). Intfele a naka (Bechuana) ; Nalufioa 



(Mashukulumbwi). 



General coloration a tawny or pale reddish-brown, the 

 hairs being yellow at the tip and dark at the base; of 

 a paler colour below and on the sides of the face. A 



