THE WHITE-EARED COB 167 



appreciating one of Nature's loveliest designs must be 

 entranced by these bi-diurnal spectacles. 



Six times in all have we passed through this region 

 of the "all-tawny race," admired yet neglected for the 

 reasons stated. It was not till we had reached a point 

 approximately 400 miles south of Khartoum that we first 



WHITE- EARED COB (Adenota hucotis). 



landed to select some typical specimens of the white- 

 eared cob. 



Already as a dim grey light heralded the approach of 

 day, three separate herds became discernible, moving 

 like shadows among tall reed-beds that fringed the river- 

 side. A charming pageant of African wild-life succeeded 

 the dawn troop beyond troop of lovely forms (water- 

 buck, tiang, and cob) strode by, slowly grazing inland ; 

 exactly as for thousands of generations before they had 

 grazed across this same veld when no cordite rifle lurked 

 on their path. No suspicion of such modern development 



