xxn ANTELOPES 277 



Those which come nearest the sheep ;m<l gnats form 

 the interesting subfamily Tragelaphus, or goat-like 

 antelopes. These are beautiful animals possessing spiral 

 horns without rings ; long tails, and small face glands. 

 In many the ornamentation of the skin takes the form 

 of vertical lines and rows of spots. 



The best known forms are : 



Curaming's Bushbuck ... Tragelaphus roualeyni. 



The Bongo Boocercus euryceros. 



Speke's Antelope Tragelaphus spekei. 



Greater Kudu Strepsiceros kudu. 



Lesser Kudu Strepsiceros imberbis. 



Eland Taurotragus oryx. 



In reading works dealing with deer and antelopes 

 reference is often made to what are called face-glands. 

 These are pits, pouches, or deep folds of the skin of the 

 face immediately below the inner corner of the lower 

 eyelid. The skin forming this pit is beset with glands, 

 and when the animal is excited, an unctuous fluid exudes 

 from them ; sometimes the pit opens and resembles 

 the nostril of a snorting horse. In some antelopes, 

 especially the oribi, the face glands are large and occupy 

 deep depressions in the facial bones below the orbits. 

 The glands are conspicuous when the animals are sexually 

 excited. The secretion in some species is black. 

 According to Elliot, the face-glands of the Gerunuk have 

 a small opening, and the black secretion which issues 

 from them stains everything it touches, like ink. 



Bushbucks or Harnessed Antelopes are common all 

 through British East Africa, but there is great variation 

 in their colouring in different localities. 



The bushbuck is about thirty inches high at the 

 shoulders and weighs 150 pounds. The horns resemble 

 a two-tined fork the prongs of which have twisted so as 

 to form an open spiral ; a good pair will measure about 

 twenty inches over the curve. The female is hornless. 

 Bushbucks are usually found in thick bush in the 

 neighbourhood of water. 



