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and Basuto, Tolo ; Matabele, Eebala-bala ; Mashona, 

 Noro ; Masarwa Bushmen, Dwar ; Swazi, Itshon- 

 gonons ; Somali, Godir\ Abyssinian, Agarzin. Lesser 

 Koodoo : Somali, Anderio or Godir ; Swahili, Kungu ; 

 Abyssinian, Sara. 



THE BUSHBUCKS 



We come now to that fine group of antelopes classi- 

 fied by naturalists in the genus Tragelaphus, but known 

 more familiarly to the average shooting man as bush- 

 bucks. These include five well-ascertained species, 

 all bearing a strong family likeness to one another, 

 especially in the spiral twist of the horns. The five 

 bushbucks then are the Inyala ; the Bongo ; the West 

 African Bushbuck ; the Situtunga^ a most curiously 

 specialised, water-loving species ; and the Common 

 or Lesser Bushbuck, of which latter there are various 

 local representatives. 



The Inyala (Tragelaphus angasi), which may be 

 called the prince of bushbucks, is certainly one of 

 the finest antelopes of Africa. Standing about 3 feet 

 6 inches at the shoulder, the ram inyala, with its long 

 silvery, grey-brown coat, striped like a koodoo's, dark 

 flowing mane, bright sienna-brown face, marked and 

 spotted with clean white, and surmounted by fine 

 spiral horns, and with masses of long flowing hair 

 about the breast and quarters, is a marvellously 

 handsome beast. The horns remind one of a minia- 

 ture koodoo's ; they have a fine wide twist, are very 

 sharp at the points, and measure in good specimens 



