ANTELOPES. 



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Korigum. 



antelope ran away, that I noticed they were new to me. They ran with rather 

 a heavy gallop, like a hartebeest. We did not come across these antelopes again 

 for some days, but then met with them in large numbers and got several specimens. 

 They seemed to me to have more vitality than any other antelope I ever killed. 

 This species certainly does not extend down to the coast, but we saw them as far 

 as the farthest point we reached (about 

 two hundred and fifty miles) up the river, 

 at a place called Mussa." 



Ranging across Central 

 Africa, from Senegal on the 

 west to Southern Somaliland on the east, 

 is the korigum or Senegal antelope (B. 

 senegalensis), in which the comparatively 

 short horns are regularly lyrate, ringed 

 nearly to their tips, and curving back- 

 wards without any distinct angulation. 

 This species is represented in the right 

 upper corner of the illustration on p. 317. 

 The face is only of moderate length, and 

 the withers (as in the sassabi) are not 

 greatly higher than the rump. The face 

 has a broad black band, extending from 

 the root of the horns to the nose. 



Better known than the 

 last is the nearly - allied 

 sassabi or bastard hartebeest (B. lunata), 

 widely distributed in South Africa as far 

 north as the Zambesi. The horns, which 

 seldom exceed 12 inches in length, diverge 

 widely from their bases, and are then 

 inclined inwards and upwards, without 

 any angulation. The general colour of 

 the coarse fur is dark purplish red, becom- 

 ing almost black along the back, and with 



a broad blackish mark down the face. In height the animal stands about 3 feet 

 10 inches, and has horns ranging from 13 to 15J inches in length. Mr. Selous 

 states that the sassabi " is never found in hilly country or in thick jungle, but 

 frequents the open downs that are quite free from bush, or else open forest-country 

 in which treeless glades are to be met with. On the Mababi flat at the end of the 

 dry season large herds of these animals congregate together, and I have often seen, 

 I am sure, several hundreds of them at once. They are without exception the 

 fleetest and most enduring antelope in South Africa." In regard to sassabi-hunting, 

 Mr. Drummond observes that " I do not consider them a difficult animal to shoot 

 for a good rifle-shot, as standing chances at from one hundred and fifty to two 

 hundred yards are easy to obtain, and they will often allow one to walk up to 

 within that distance in full view before even attempting to take to flight, while, 



Sassabi. 



HEAD OF THE KORIGUM OB SENEGAL ANTELOPE. 



(From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1890.) 



