THE DUIKERS, KLIPSPRINGER, AND ORIBI 267 



shoulder, the reed buck in Angola has a coat which 

 is more rufous and less grey than in some other 

 parts of Africa. This attractive antelope seerns 

 to prefer grass land and abandoned fields for its 

 haunts, lies close, escapes with speed, and whistles 

 shrilly when alarmed, generally to the misfortune 

 of the hunter who has thus had his whereabouts 

 betrayed, probably when pursuing a nobler quarry. 

 As the reed buck yields about the best venison in 

 Africa, this pretty animai provides more than his 

 share of food for the needs of the hungry hunter. 



The DUIKER (Cephalvphus grimmi) (Ombambi 

 in Umbundu) is probably the commonest and most 

 widely distributed of the antelopes in Angola. I 

 met it frequently throughout the trip. My best 

 head measured nearly 5 inches in length. 



The BLUE DUIKER (Ccphalophus monti- 

 colal) (Okambele). This tiny blue-grey antelope 

 is fairly plentiful in the arid and open forest 

 country south of Bcnguella. I met this duiker 

 and its spoor along most of my journey from 

 Catangue to Lubango, and on one occasion one 

 actually ran on to my legs when pursued by a 

 leopard or serval. 



Cephalophus leucochilus, a southern and bigger 

 race of C. dor sails, has a black dorsal stripe on a 

 uniform rufous coat, with light underparts. 



The YELLOW -BACKED DUIKER (Ccphalophus 

 silviculior) (Okahuhu, possibly Ocikuma, in Um- 

 bundu). This rare animal is present, I believe, 

 in the forest of the Portuguese Congo d strict, 

 and a missionary friend said that an animal whose 

 skin closely resembled that of this duiker was shot 



