Mr. G. Blaine on the Korrigum. 32D 



;il))iU 10 A.M. and aoaiu before suiisef, being partial to the 

 muddy water of stagnant swamps adjacent to the river. 



A herd oi korrigum seen wandering through the open 

 ]iark-lands of East Africa presents a very striking- and 

 beautiful colour-effect. Tliey change from mauve to purple- 

 red and black, against a background of brilliant emerald- 

 green, as the sunlight plays spectrally upon their glossy 

 painted skins. 



Being stupid antelopes, they will often dash off in alarm 

 on becoming aware of the approach of a man from a distance, 

 subsequently allowing the same iu'lividual to walk within 

 easy rifle-range if he is persistent in following them up. 



Tliey are found in the largest numbers in the vicinity of 

 large bodies of water, where alluvial treeless flats merge into 

 wide morasses, or near the shores of some of the great lakes. 

 They inhabit in lesser numbers park-like undulating country 

 and ranges of low grassy hills, often in comf)any with 

 hartebeestes. They also range over the Man Plateau in 

 British East Africa at a height of 7000 to 8000 {^^t, though 

 this, I fancy, is an aberration from the usual resort of this 

 species; and, again, in small numbers through the grassy 

 undulating country of N.W. Kordofan. 



Native Names. 

 Tangkongo (Gambia) ; Korrigum (Bornu) ; Tiang (Nile) ; 

 Imera or Jimela (Uganda, Ugaia, Unyamvvesi); Topi 

 (Swaliili) ; Mumwe (Ussangu, German East AfricaJ. 



Summary of the different Races of the Korriyam. 

 Damatiscus korri(/um. — Senegal and Bornu. 



Colour bright orange-bay, fading to cinnamon on belly and 

 inside thighs. Legs from knees and hocks to hoofs cinna- 

 mon, banded above with dark ashy brown, which spreads 

 upwards and fades into narrow reddish-grey patches suffused 

 with an ashy sheen on shoulders and quarters. A blaze of 

 blackish grey speckled with white hairs extends down the 

 lace from between the horns to the muzzle only. 



Skull with concave frontal profile. Muzzle slender and 

 slightly compressed laterally. 



Horns basally thick and compressed laterally, with their 

 ends bent back to form nearly a right angle wiili the frontal 

 jdane of the skull. Average length of adult male horns 

 2-i inches; circumference lU inches. 



JJainuUscus korrijuin purpurescens. — B;.nuc Itiver, N. Ni- 

 geria. 

 Colour lij^ht in tone, us in korrijainj but the bay evenly 



