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East African bushbuck rams are dark brown, with 

 the spots and stripes only faintly defined. The 

 colouring and marking of bushbucks, in fact, varies 

 greatly in different localities ; it is probable even 

 that there may be sexual and seasonal changes ; and 

 much information has yet to be gleaned in many 

 parts of Africa on this head. A good bushbuck 

 ram will measure from 2 feet 9 inches to 2 feet 

 10 inches at the shoulder, and weigh as much as 

 150 Ibs. The horns average in fair specimens from 

 12 to 14 inches, but exceptional heads measure as 

 much as 17 inches. An extraordinary pair from 

 Lower Zambesia reach 193^- inches, 1 but these are to 

 be looked upon as altogether abnormal. Bushbuck 

 venison is excellent. 



Native names are Inkonka (male), Imbabala 

 (female) of the Zulus ; Imbabala of Swazis, Matonga, 

 and Barotse ; Serolobutuku of Northern and Lake 

 Ngami, Bechuanas ; Ungurungu of Makobas ; Mba- 

 wara of Swahilis ; Dot of Somalis. 



THE DUYKERS 



There are many kinds of duyker in Africa so many 

 that in a work of this kind it would be absolutely 

 impossible to deal with them at length. In all there 

 are some twenty species, varying in size, as a naturalist 

 has well put it, " from a donkey to a hare." Of the 

 true duykers, which are most familiar to sportsmen, the 



1 Records of Big Game. Rowland Ward and Co. 



