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in preference to over obstacles, though when forced to 

 do so it can jump high and well. The bushy tail is 

 raised when the animal dashes away. Kudus are fairly 

 local in their habits, the same troops migrating with 

 considerable regularity each year to and from their 

 winter and summer quarters respectively. 



The females are hornless, and though very occasionally 

 there are individuals met with having small and somewhat 

 deformed horns, the occurrence is very rare compared 

 with what takes place in the case of the common duiker. 



THE LESSER KUDU. This species, which stands only 

 some forty-one inches at the 'shoulder and weighs about 

 230 Ibs., is restricted to Somaliland and German and 

 British East Africa. 



CHAPTER XVI 



ANTELOPES (continued) 



The Klipspringer : Oribis : Steenbucks : The Grysbuck : 

 Sunis : Dik-Diks 



THE KLIPSPRINGER. Except near its northern extremity, 

 where the fauna is that of Europe and Asia, Africa is 

 destitute of the wild sheep and goats typical of the hilly 

 regions of other continents. Throughout the greater part, 

 however, wherever there exists rocky and broken ground, 

 be it mountain range towering to the clouds, or lonely 

 kopje rising fifty feet above the surrounding bush, there 

 will be found the klipspringer, truly the chamois of 

 Ethiopia. Thanks to its habits, this charming little 

 antelope still maintains a wide distribution, and holds its 

 own even within the confines of South African civilization. 

 In such countries as provide suitable environment, 

 almost every little outcrop of rock will be found to hold 



