RECORDS OF BJG GAME 



1 lorns of Western Situtunga from the Gambia. 



WESTERN SITUTUNGA (Tragelaphus [Limnotragus] gratus spekei). 



Together with the true or eastern situtunga, of which it may be 

 regarded as a local race, this antelope differs from the other members 

 of the group by the extreme elongation of the hoofs, which are thus 

 adapted for supporting the weight of the body on the spongy soil of 

 the marshes in which these antelopes dwell. The lateral hoofs, too, 

 are much more developed than in other harnessed antelopes. The 

 general coloration of the West African species is very similar to that 

 of the nyala, the ground-colour of the coat of the male being olive, 

 and that of the female bright rufous, marked in both sexes with white 



