300 



UNGULATES. 



a hundred yards of us, and in a few minutes the dogs had fastened upon two of 

 the palas, which my Bechuanas ran up and secured. One of these animals cleared 

 a distance of fifty feet in two successive bounds, and this on unfavourable ground, 

 it being very soft and slippery." 



The lesser pala is a smaller variety inhabiting part of Nyasaland, 



in the very heart of the distributional area of the typical form from 

 which it is distinguished by its more slender skull and smaller horns. 



On the west coast, in Angola and Hasholand, the genus is 



represented by the Angola pala (^E. petersi). This pala is dis- 

 tinguished by the presence of a black streak down the middle of the face, from the 

 eyes to the upper part of the nose, and also by a black patch below each eye. 



Lesser Pala. 



Angola Pala. 



THE BLACK-BUCK. 

 Genus Antilope. 



The handsomely-coloured black-buck or Indian antelope (Antilope cervicaptw) 

 is the sole representative of its genus, and at the same time the last member of the 



MALE AND FEMALE OF THE BLACK-BUCK (^ nat. size). 



present group. The black-buck stands about 32 inches at the shoulder, and has a 

 short and compressed tail, large glands, with a linear aperture below the eyes, tufts 



