NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



THE MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK OR Rooi RHEBOK . To face page 81 



A SNOWY- WHITE SPRINGBUCK ... 81 



VAAL OR GREY RHEBOK ; RAM, EWE AND FAWN 85 



IMPALA OR PALLAH ; RAM, EWE AND FAWN . 92 



SPRINGBUCK; RAM AND EWE ... 96 



A PAIR OF ROAN ANTELOPES AND CALF . . 97 



A GEMSBOK CALF AND ITS FOSTER-MOTHER . 101 



A SABLE ANTELOPE ; IMMATURE FEMALE . 108 



THE DAMARALAND DIK-DIK . . . . 112 



YOUNG GEMSBOK 112 



BUSHBUCK; RAM, EWE AND FAWN ... 115 



A BUSHBUCK RAM 117 



THIGH-BONE OF BUSHBUCK RAM, SHOWING 



HEALING OF A FRACTURE . . . 117 



ALBINO BUSHBUCK EWES .... 119 



INYALA; RAM AND EWE .... 122 



SPORTS OR MUTATIONS; BUSHBUCK RAMS . 124 



A YOUNG SITUTUNGA ..... 126 



YOUNG KUDUS 133 



THE ELAND 140 



THE RED OR CAPE HARTEBEEST ... 140 



THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 156 



A BOAR BUSH PIG OR BOSCH VARK . 167 



COMPLETE SKELETON OF A BUSH PIG . . 167 



A CALF OF THE CAPE BUFFALO ... 170 



A WART HOG BOAR ,,170 



THE EXTINCT QUAGGA 179 



FOAL OF A MOUNTAIN ZEBRA ... 179 

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