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natives, Somaliland), Ealanka ; Somali, Ealango. 

 A suitable weapon for waterbuck, as for all large 

 antelopes, would be a .400, .450, or even a .303 

 rifle or Mannlicher, using modern charges, cordite 

 powder, and expanding bullets. It is to be remembered 

 that this antelope has great vitality, and requires hard 

 and accurate hitting to bring to bag. 



The sing -sings are true waterbucks, and differ 

 little from the animal just described. 



The West African Sing-Sing (Cobus defassa unctu- 

 osus), found in Senegal, Gambia, and Nigeria, is of 

 dark-grey colouring, and, in place of the white rump 

 ring, has a large white patch on either side of the 

 stern. 



Crawshafs Sing- Sing (Cobus defassa crawshayi] 

 is slightly less in size than the foregoing species, and 

 is of bluish-grey colouring, having the usual white- 

 rump patches of these waterbucks. It was discovered 

 in 1892 by Captain R. Crawshay in British Central 

 Africa. 



Penricis Sing-Sing (Cobus defassa penricei\ a very 

 handsome species, discovered within the last ten years 

 by Mr. G. W. Penrice in the Portuguese province of 

 Benguela, and found ranging as far south as the 

 Cunene river, is a very dark -coloured waterbuck, 

 differing little from the others of this race. The 

 horns attain as much as 29 inches over the curve ; 

 those of the West African Sing-Sing reaching 29^ 

 inches, and Crawshay's 24^ inches. 



The typical Sing-Sing (Cobus defassa typicus) has 

 its home in East Africa, and is found in Abyssinia, 



