1 90 Wild Life in Central Africa. 



SHARPE'S STEINBUCK (Raphiceros sharpei}. 



NATIVE NAMES. 

 Chinyanja - Kasenye. Chingoni - - Nsumpe. 



Approximate weight, <? 2olb. 



Good average horns, $ liin. straight. 



A very localised species, but where found may exist in 

 fair numbers. Inhabits fairly thick bush, and is seldom seen 

 in open country. The colour of the skin is a reddish 

 brown with white hairs interspersed. When they run 

 off they do not often stand and look back like oribi, 

 klipspringer, and duiker. They could easily be killed with 

 a shot gun and heavy shot, such as a charge of No. 4, but I 

 think it is more sporting to shoot them with a rifle. 



I have seen them near Gwazas, on the Shire River, 

 in Central Angoniland, and different parts of North-Eastern 

 Rhodesia. They seem to have acute senses of smell and 

 hearing, and are seldom seen standing. Only the males 

 grow horns. 



BLUE DUIKER (Cephalophus nyasoe}. 



NATIVE NAME. 

 Chinyanja - Kadumba. 



Approximate weight, <? 1400. 



Good average horns, $ i^in. straight. 



The females grow horns as well as the males, and both 

 sexes show an inward curve on the horns. The colour 

 varies from a blue brown to a chocolate brown. I have 

 seen these tiny antelopes in the Mlanje district of Nyasaland, 

 and also at Mpezo about fifteen miles from Blantyre, where 

 there are a few of them, although their numbers are 

 kept low by the natives, who set snares across their runs. 

 They are very wary, and it is most difficult to get a 

 shot at them with a rifle. I believe they are plentiful in 

 parts of Portuguese East Africa, and I saw the skins of 



