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about two and a half feet round the curve. They are frequent also 

 in the female, which is, however, less richly coloured than the male, 

 besides being smaller. 



The Bongo is a forest Antelope, found in West and Central Africa, 

 from Liberia and Gaboon to East Africa. As in the case of so many 

 animals from this unhealthy and little explored region, little is known 

 about it, and living specimens are still desiderata for European mena- 

 geries; there is, however, a fine stuffed one in the South Kensington 

 Museum. 



THE INYALA 



(Tragelaphus angasf) 



THE Inyala is a good-sized Antelope, standing about three and a half 

 feet at the shoulder. Its shape is graceful, but presents nothing 

 remarkable ; the development of its coat, however, is peculiar, this 

 forming a fringe, not only down the front and back of the neck, as 

 in the Koodoo, but also along the flanks, where it is especially long, 

 and the hips. The twisted horns are about two feet long in the 

 male ; in the female they are absent. The tail is of fair length, and 

 bushy throughout. 



The colour of this Antelope is remarkably beautiful, and differs 

 very much in the two sexes, the male being of a purplish slate, with 

 indistinct pale lines down the flanks, and a few white markings on 

 the face and lower parts of the sides, while the legs below the knees 

 and hocks are tan-coloured ; the female is bright tan throughout, with 

 the flank stripes conspicuously pure white. 



This Antelope is found in South-East Africa; it is purely a forest 

 animal, and goes in small troops, consisting of a buck and a few does 

 and young. It is not a common animal, and specimens of it are scarce 

 even in Museums, though a fine pair may be seen at South Kensing- 

 ton. So far, it seems not to have been brought to Europe alive. 



THE BUSHBUCKS 



ALL over Africa south of the Sahara are to be found species or races 

 of the genus Tragelaphits, graceful animals, with no striking peculiarity 



