CHAPTER VII 



THE ANTELOPES AND GAZELLES 

 By H. A. BRYDEN 



THE WATERBUCKS 



WATER BUCKS are now usually placed in two divi- 

 sions : the waterbucks proper, and the kobs, or lesser 

 waterbucks. Of these the common waterbuck and 

 the sing-sings form the first division. These ante- 

 lopes have the coat grizzled and the neck maned. 

 The kobs are of smaller size, having rufous, or 

 yellowish rufous, coats and no manes. Among 

 these latter are ranked Mrs. Gray's waterbuck, the 

 lechwe, the pookoo, the white-eared kob, and the 

 Uganda and BufFon's kobs. 



The Waterbuck (Cobus ellipsiprymnus} is, to my 

 mind, one of the finest-looking antelopes to be found 

 in all Africa. Standing about 4 feet 4 inches at the 



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