The Common Watcrbuck. 177 



There is a very fine specimen of a bull kudu mounted in 

 the Natural History Museum at South Kensington,' and a 

 glance will show what a perfect animal he is, but he looks 

 finer still if one has the luck to see him standing on some 

 bare ground with the rocks and scrub all round and a blue 

 sky overhead. 



I should imagine that leopards kill a large number of 

 kudu fawns, as they inhabit the same type of country, and 

 there is no doubt that the larger animals are often killed by 

 lions. On several occasions I have seen kudu make long 

 jumps, something like impala, when much startled, and 1 

 once saw two medium-sized bulls fighting, but this was 

 more of a pushing match than a battle with their horns. 



I heard of a pair of kudu horns being found interlocked ? 

 and it was evident that the poor animals had met with a 

 painful death, by degrees, of starvation. A large kudu 

 must have a good eye for measurement, as he will often 

 dash between two close-growing trees, just sufficiently 

 wide to pass his horns, although he can twist his neck 

 considerably to decrease their space if he wishes to do so. 



COMMON WATERBUCK (Cobus ellipsiprymnus}. 



NATIVE NAMES. 

 Chinyanja - Nakodzwe. | Chingoni - - - Chuzu. 



Approximate weight, <? 5oolb. 



Good average horns, $ 28in. 



There are several varieties of waterbuck in Africa, and 

 two of them are present in this part of it, the common 

 waterbuck and Crawshay's ; the latter is found in the most 

 northerly parts of North-Eastern Rhodesia. 



The difference is slight, as the former shows a white 

 ring on his rump, whereas the latter has a white patch. 



A waterbuck has a better carriage than most antelopes, 

 as he does not have a droop in the hindquarters, and when 



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