LESSER BUSHBUCK 



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Skull and Horns of Lesser Bushbuck in the Collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



LESSEE BUSHBUCK (Tragelaphus scriptus). 



Assali, Danakil name. 



Bata of the M'Kua. 



Chiwalawala in the Chilala and 



Chibisa countries. 

 Boschbok of the Dutch. 

 Ibawara of the Lower Zambesi 



natives. 

 Imbabala of the Swazis and 



Matonga. 

 Inkonka (male). Imbabala (female ; 



of the Zulus. 



M'babala in Rarotsiland. 



M'babala and Serolo bucliului in 



Ngamiland. 



Mbawara of the Swahilis. 

 Mazo and Bnlttmgito of the 



Hausas. 



Ngabi of the Waganda. 

 Scrolobiitukii of the Bamangwatos. 

 Ungurungu of the Makubas. 

 Dol in Somaliland. 

 Decula in Abyssinia. 



The bushbucks, or harnessed antelopes, form an extensive group of 

 species nearly allied to the kudus, but usually displaying great sexual 

 differences in the colour of the coat, and generally having a simpler 

 spiral to the horns. The does are nearly always striped with white 

 on a chestnut ground, but the bucks may be darker and more 

 uniformly coloured. As in the kudus, the females are hornless. The 



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