THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE 33 



familiar with the names given in South Africa to certain animals, 

 that among the extraordinary misnomers are the following : A 

 leopard is called a tiger ; a hy^na is called a wolf ; a giraffe is called 

 a camel or cameel ; a zebra is called a quagga ; a hippopotamus is 

 called a sea-cow ; a cheetah is called a leopard. 



The following are some of the extinct or extremely rare sur- 

 vivors of species south of the Zambesi, as far as I can learn, or 

 confined to comparatively restricted areas not mentioned in the 

 foregoing notes : — 



Red Hartebeeste {Buhalis caama). — Very rare in the Orange 

 Colony and Transvaal ; extinct in Cape Colony ; a few in Natal ; 

 fairly plentiful in parts of South-West Africa. 



BoNTEBOK (Damaliscus pygargus). — Only exists on two farms 

 in the Strand Veld {vide Sclater's ' Fauna of South Africa '). 



Sessapy (Damaliscus lunatus). — A few in the North-Eastern 

 Transvaal. 



BiiAAUWBOK (Hippotragus leiLcoplicens). — Quite extinct for a 

 hundred years. 



Inyala (Tragelaphus angasi). — Common in Swaziland and 

 low bush countries of the East Coast. 



Mountain Zebra {Equus zebra). — Still found in very reduced 

 numbers in parts of Cape Colony. 



Quagga (Equus quagga). — Quite extinct since 1878. 



White Rhinoceros (Bhinoceros simus). — Extinct except in 

 the Zulu Reserve. Some thirteen survived there in 1904. 



Black Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros hicornis). — Extinct in Cape 

 Colony since about 1853 ; in the Orange Colony since about 1842. 

 Only a few survive in Zululand, and perhaps one or two in the 

 Transvaal. 



I should like to take this opportunity of placing before others 

 who may be able to throw some light on the matter a statement 

 that has several times been made to me in the Barberton District 

 of the existence of two very distinct varieties of the rooi rhebok. 

 One gentleman of my acquaintance, Mr. Chas. Currie, A.R.M., 

 who is a keen observer and a sportsman of great experience, is 

 absolutely positive of this being a fact. There is (1) the Ingocala, 

 the common rooi rhebok, which is found in sugar-bush and moun- 

 tain-bush; (2) the Inhlang, which is only found on bare, stony, 

 and rocky hills where there is very thin bush or even none. The 

 latter is distinctly lighter in colour, bigger and heavier in the body, 

 and carries a smaller head. I do not know if I have spelt the 

 native names right; possibly they should be written N'xala and 

 N'hlang. 



I might add that the Barberton district is extremely rich in 

 small mammals, such as the cats, mongooses, zorillas, lemurs, 

 rats, mice, bats, &c., as well as ant-bears, pangolins, porcupines, 

 &c. The former have never been properly collected or scientifically 

 studied, and I believe a naturalist would find it a rich field for 



