2i6 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



The recdbucks, none of which are so large as the waterbucks, 

 differ from the latter and the kobs by their lighter build, and the 

 presence of a completely bare or very short-haired patch on each side 

 of the head immediately beneath the ear. The tail, too, is more 

 bushy and shorter, the lateral hoofs are relatively smaller, and the 

 horns, which are of medium length and stoutness, curve regularly 

 upwards, and in some cases also forwards. Till very late in life the 

 basal portion of the horns is of a pasty consistence, and owner's 

 measurements on the field very often include this. The present 

 species, the true reitbok of the Boers, is the largest of the genus, 

 standing about 36 or 37 inches at the shoulder; and has the ear- 

 patch completely bare, and the horns inclining markedly forwards. 

 Reedbuck are generally met with in small family parties, and when 

 excited or alarmed utter a characteristic shrill whistle. As their flesh 

 is of fair quality, and their shooting by no means difficult, they are 

 much sought after by sportsmen. 



Distribution. Africa, from the Cape to Angola on the western side, 

 and on the eastern side through Mozambique and South Nyasa- 

 land to lat. 8 25' N. in the Bahr-el-Ghazal district. As their 

 name implies, reedbuck frequent the reed-brakes fringing so many 

 African rivers ; and some of the rivers where they are still fairly 

 abundant are the Lotsani in Bamangwato and those of Ngami- 

 land and the country between Mashonaland and the east coast. 



o^front rcum. TipU, T oca]h> Qwner< 



J -i8 ... ... South Africa . . . F. Vaughan Kirby. 



-17^ 6-i 17^ Barotsilaml . . . Percy C. Reid. 



i6l 5f I3i Zululand . . . . C. S. Mann. 



i6i 6 12 $ Do Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



-l6| 6| I9i Mpimbi, B.C.A. . . Major F. Trollope. 



i6 6 16? Matabililand . . . R. C. Batley. 



-16^ 6 10 Julius Jeppe. 



16^ 5i 20^ Barotsiland . . . R. T. Coryndon. 



-16 5^ iij South Africa . . .A. Ohlsson. 



16 7i 9i Barotsiland . . . Col. C. Harding. 



- Owner's measurements. 

 1 This was seen and measured by Mr. Kirby. ll had one horn only ; the other was shot off. 



