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STREPSICEROS KUDU 

 SWAHILI : MALO M'KUBWA. MASAI : MALO 



f I ^HE finest antelope in the world, bar 



none ! " is how I first heard this species 



! ! described, and I am sure most people 



will agree. It is, I suppose, allied to 



the harnessed antelope, but it is of a slate-grey 



colour instead of the bright red which characterizes 



the above. The body is string-marked down the 



flanks, but is rather scantily covered with hair, 



and it has a beard all the way down the neck. 



Its splendid horns make complete spirals, and 



when set up with its mask, in which the white 



chevron meets over its nose, together with three 



white spots on its cheeks, it forms one of the 



finest trophies imaginable. The does carry no 



horns. 



I cannot claim to have shot one in this country, 

 as it has not been my luck to get into the Baringo 

 or Rudolph countries, where there are a goodish 

 few, and in all other districts it is preserved. 

 They are also to be found in German territory. 

 I have shot them in North Somaliland, however ; 



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