KONGONI OR COKES HARTEBEEST 



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KONGONI or COKE'S HARTEBEEST (Bubalis cokei). 



Horn-pedicle moderate, horns bracket-shaped, very short and thick. 

 Height at shoulder about 48 inches. Weight about 300 Ibs. General 

 colour uniform bright fawn, with the lower lip somewhat browner, and 

 the lower part of the rump paler ; tail long, with the black tuft ascend- 

 ing some way up the hinder surface. 



Distribution. Eastern Africa, from Usagara northwards to 

 Kilimanjaro and Masailand. 



According to Mr. F. J. Jackson, " this hartebeest ranges as far 

 north as L. Naivasha, south into German territory and east to within a 

 few miles of the coast at the back of the Shimba hills." A bull shot. 

 by Capt. R. A. J. Montgomerie in Masailand weighed 3 I 2 Ibs. 



ference. 



Locality. 



Owner. 



Julius Jeppe. 



Capt. R. Meinertzhagen. 



J. Rosen. 



J. Gardiner Muir. 



.Major J. A. Hannynton. 



R. Wahrmann. 



- Owner's measurements. 



