THE WATERBUCK 



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although they may have a sinuous curvature, and in the vaal rhebok 



are straight. The upper cheek-teeth are tall and narrow. In the 



waterbucks and kobs, which include the largest representatives of the 



group, there are no naked patches on the head below the ears, the tail 



is comparatively long, with a slight terminal tuft, and the lateral hoofs 



are large. A characteristic feature of the skull is the presence of a 



deep hollow in the forehead. From its allies the true or common 



waterbuck is recognisable at a glance by the elliptical white ring on the 



buttocks, which extends downwards to the thighs. Height at shoulder 



from 48 to 53 inches. Weight about 360 Ibs. clean. 



Distribution. Africa north of the Limpopo along the eastern coast 



region as far as the Shebeyli River in Somaliland ; thus including 



Nyasaland and British and German East Africa. Never, apparently, 



very abundant, this handsome antelope, whose head and horns form 



one of the chief prizes of the South African hunter, has had its 



range much curtailed of late years. Its present strongholds are 



the unhealthy districts between the Sabi and Zambesi, the affluents 



of the latter river, and the Chobi, Okavango, and other rivers above 



Lake Ngami. 



Length on Circum- 

 front. ference. 



36* 



-35i 

 -34* 



8| 

 9 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



14 



Locality. 



Delagoa Bay . 



Limpopo Valley, S. E. 

 Africa 



Owner. 



F. H. Barber. (See illustration. ) 



Mr. Justice Hopley. 



H. T. and A. H. Glynn. 



Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



F. Vaughan Kirby. 



British Museum (F. C. Selous). 



J. G. Millais. 



A. Ohlsson. 



South African Museum. 



Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



Major F. Weston Jarvis. 



R. T. Coryndon. 



Major L. O. Williams. 



Count E. Hoyos. 



J. Pinto Leite. 



- Owner's measurements. 



