7 8 ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 



they were inclined at a wide outward angle. This species 

 is found all along the east bank of the White Nile as far 

 south as Lake Albert. In the highlands of Uganda the 

 local race is distinguished by pronounced face and body 

 markings, which vary considerably in individuals, and, 

 in the more pronounced cases, cause it to have some 

 resemblance to the Cape hartebeest. Lastly the Jack- 

 son's hartebeest inhabits British East Africa north and 

 west of Lakes Nakuru and Baringo. 



SWAYNE'S HARTEBEEST is an inhabitant of Somaliland, 

 and the north-eastern part of British East Africa. 



THE TORA HARTEBEEST is found in Abyssinia and the 

 Blue Nile Valley. 



THE WESTERN HARTEBEEST. This is the typical harte- 

 beest of Senegal, Nigeria, and other parts of west equatorial 

 Africa. 



From the above it will be seen that the various races 

 of hartebeest cover a very large portion of the Ethiopian 

 region, and are represented by more distinct types than 

 almost any other animal. 



THE BONTEBUCK. This antelope was once spread 

 throughout the south-west portion of Cape Colony, and 

 was no doubt always a very local variety, being, in fact, 

 merely a specialized type of the more widely distributed 

 blesbuck. So closely in fact do the two animals resemble 

 each other, that the early hunters often confused the 

 species, though it seems pretty certain that their haunts 

 were really widely separated. At the present day the 

 range of the bontebuck is confined to the vicinity of 

 Cape Agulhas, the most southern extremity of Africa, 

 where a few hundred are carefully preserved on the 

 farms " Nachtwacht " and " Zeekoe Vlei " owned by 

 Messrs. Albertyn. Formerly they were the property of 

 Messrs. Van der Byl and Van Breda, to whom ' belonged 



