ORYX, SPRING BUCK, PALLAH, WILDEBEESTE 259 



has lost his life through approaching them in- 

 cautiously when they were wounded. 



The ORYX (Oryx gazella) (Gallengue of the 

 natives) is found in the coastal zone of scrub and 

 desert country which starts some 50 miles south of 

 Benguclla and extends to the southern border of the 

 colony in an ever-widening belt. It is also found 

 near the Chitanda (Coluhi) Cuneue junction and 

 other points south of the sixteenth degree of latitude. 



The SPRING BUCK (Antidorcas euchore) (Gazelle 

 n'latia de Legue of the Portuguese, and Omenyc of 

 the natives) is found in most of the scrub country 

 where the oryx is present, and for 50 miles to the 

 north of its area to within a few miles of Benguella ; 

 on the other hand, it is rarely present in the true 

 desert country in the south-west and south of 

 Angola, where the oryx is found. 



The ANGOLAN PALLAII (/Epyccros petersi) 

 differs from the common pallah (/E. melampus) 

 in having a smaller body (shoulder height, 

 31 inches) and horns (record, 23|- inches), and in 

 being marked with three vertical black stripes, one 

 above and below each eye, and the other down the 

 centre of the face. It is found in several Angolan 

 rivers, on the Coporollo, Cunene, Cubango, and 

 probably the Cuando and several others. The 

 pallah, known by its foxy red coat, lyre-shaped 

 horns, and its habit of leaping when in flight, is 

 one of the most attractive animals to watch in 

 Africa. It lives in fairly close brush in herds of 

 ten to thirty or more, and is usually a grazer. 

 Though easy to stalk owing to the covert country 

 in which they live, pallah are among the hardest of 



