ANTELOPES. 



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 Their length 



bent suddenly backwards, nearly, but not quite, at a right angle, 

 varies from 13 to 14£ inches. 



The Tunisian hartebeest (B. major), of west North Africa, is a much larger 

 but closely-allied species, with enormously massive horns, which may be just over 

 20 inches in length, with a girth of 10J inches. 



The true hartebeest (B. cama) is a South African species, not 

 ranging as far north as Matabililand and Mashonaland. This fine 



Hartebeest. 



hartebeest (A nat. size). 



animal stands about 4 feet at the withers ; its general colour being greyish brown, 

 with a pale yellowish patch on each side of the haunches, and black markings on 

 the forehead and nose. The hair of the face is reversed as high up as the eyes, or 

 even to the horns ; whereas in the preceding species it is reversed only for a 

 distance of one or two inches above the muzzle. The horns are long, and boldly 

 ringed, diverging from one another in the form of a V, with their tips directed 

 backwards at a right angle, and the bases curved away behind the plane of the 

 forehead. Their length varies in good specimens from 20 to 24 inches. 



In the neighbourhood of the Victoria Nyanza the preceding species is re- 



