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Antelopes was the Blaauwbok (Hippotragus leucophceus] , which was 

 smaller than either of them, and bluish-grey in colour, without distinct 

 face-markings, but this animal has been extinct for more than a hundred 

 years ; when it existed, it was only known to inhabit the south- 

 western corner of Cape Colony. There are only five stuffed specimens 

 of it in Museums none of them at South Kensington, unfortunately, 

 though there is one in Paris, the others being at Leyden, Vienna, 

 Stockholm, and Upsala respectively. 



The Cervicaprine group of Antelopes is typified by the Reedbucks 

 (Cermcapra\ which are animals of moderate size, with rather short 

 horns with a forward curve. To the same group belong the various 

 species of Kobs and Waterbucks. 



THE KOB ANTELOPES 



THE Kob Antelopes (Kobus) are a group of about a dozen species, 

 equalling or exceeding the common Fallow Deer in size, with no very 

 striking characteristics, their shape being Deer-like, and their horns, 

 which are only found in the males, somewhat lyre-shaped, and ringed 

 except at the points. Several of them are very handsome animals, such 

 as the White-eared Kob (Cobus leucotis), which is nearly black, with 

 the ears, muzzle, throat, and parts of the limbs white. Most of these 

 Antelopes are, however, of some shade of brown. They are widely 

 distributed over Africa south of the Sahara. Among them the Water- 

 buck and Lechwe deserve special mention here. 



THE WATERBUCK 



(Cobus Mipsiprymnus) 



THE Waterbuck and its immediate ally the Sing-Sing (Cobus unctuosus) 

 are the largest of the Kobs, and have a longer coat than is usual in 

 the group, which are generally very sleek. The Waterbuck itself, 

 indeed, has very coarse hair, much more like that of a Deer than an 

 Antelope, and might readily be mistaken for one of the Deer family 



