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UNGULATES. 



Sing-Sing. 



Other Species. 



reedbuck, they do not appear to leave the lowlands in the rains, but keep to the 

 plains all the year round. The water-buck is less difficult to stalk than the 

 reitbok, but its flesh is so coarse and stringy as to be almost uneatable. 



The sing-sing (C defassa), from Western and Central Africa, 

 which stands 3 feet 10 inches at the shoulder, differs from the 

 water-buck by its fine and soft hair, and the presence of a continuous whitish 

 patch on the buttocks, which does not rise above the level of the rest of the tail ; 

 while there is no white gorget. The horns do not exceed 27£ inches in length, or 

 a fraction over. The sunu (C. leucotis), from Uganda, is another large species, 

 distinguished by the blackish colour of its fur, and the white ears, rings round the 

 eyes, and under-parts. The horns are relatively long and thin, reaching from 17 

 to nearly 20 inches in length. 



The remaining species are of smaller size, and distinguished by 

 their more reddish or foxy-coloured hair. It is probably to one of 

 these smaller species that the species of Cobus found in the Pliocene rocks of 



Northern India is allied. The West 

 and East African asquitun (C cob) 

 is a much smaller animal than the 

 under - mentioned lichi, and has 

 shorter horns, coming more for- 

 wards. It has a relatively shorter 

 tail than the water-buck, and is of 

 a general pale reddish-brown colour, 

 with white on the inner sides of 

 the ears, the under-parts, the inner 

 surfaces of the limbs, the tip of the 

 tail, and a ring round each fetlock. 

 Good horns vary in length from 17 

 to 18 inches. This is one of the few 

 antelopes that range across Africa, 

 occurring both in Uganda and in 

 Gambia. 



The lichi (C. leche) and the 

 puku (C. vardoni), are two allied 

 species from South Central Africa, 

 both of which were discovered by 

 Livingstone. The puku is about 

 the size of the pala, standing some 

 3 feet 3 inches at the shoulder ; its hair is of a uniform foxy-red colour, with 

 the tips of the ears black, and black markings down the front of the fore-legs. 

 The horns are rather small, without much forward curvature, and with the rings 

 not extending so high up as in the lichi ; their length varying from 13 to 16, and 

 in one instance reaching 19 inches. The puku is a plumply -built animal, with 

 a very erect carriage ; and its horns may attain a length of 16 inches along the 

 curve. The lichi is distinguished by its superior size, less erect carriage, and the 

 completely fawn-coloured ears of the adult ; the general colour being pale brown, 



the PUKU. — After Livingstone. 



