ANTELOPES OF EAST AFRICA 



colored male. Robert Banzer, in Oehringen, mounted 

 this rare animal for me. It forms now, with three 

 stuffed servals, which are supposed to attack it, one of 

 the finest groups in my "African" room. 



The bushbok (Tragelaphiis masaicus neumanni) is the 

 only species of the genus Tragelaphus found in the north- 

 ern part of East Africa. The Waswahili call it "mba- 

 wara," the Masai "sarga," and the Wakamba "nsoia." 

 As the name implies, the bushbok has its habitat in 

 regions covered by bush and smaller trees. I found it, 

 however, also near swamps and in woods six thousand 

 feet above the sea. The bushbok is almost nocturnal 

 in its habits, keeping under cover during the day, feed- 

 ing in the open glades in very early morning or late 

 evening. It likes to 'stay on the same tract of bush, 

 whence it seldom emerges. It allows the hunter to ap- 

 proach very closely before it starts with a peculiar cry 

 on its flight. When wounded and closely pressed, the 

 bushbok makes a plucky fight and is very dangerous. 

 The young are born in November or December. I am 

 sorry to say I never was successful in taking good piety 

 ures of the bushbok. 



To hunt the many species of antelopes is, no doubt, 

 fine sport. To be sure, there are no trophies to be 

 gained which can compare with the antlers of our own 

 deer. But the steppe offers the sportsman, who is also 

 somewhat of a scientist, the opportunity of achieving dis- 

 tinction by discovering hitherto unknown kinds of game. 



