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FEMALE WATERBUCK. 
so damaged poor Bubbly-jock that he died 
of his imjuries. 
] wo” 
THE figured example of Cobus ellipsiprymnus, 
Female  0t having the characteristic 
Waterbuck. horns of the male, might easily 
Photos by 
W. P. Dando, F.Z.S., 
Regent's Park. 5 
REINDEER WITH 
ITS ANTLERS SHED 
Animal Life 
be mistaken for a 
female of the deer 
family, its general pro- 
portions and coarse, 
wiry coat being very 
deer-like. In size also 
it about equals a red 
deer. It is, however, 
a true African ante- 
lope, and the buck’s 
horns are of quite an 
ordinary antelopine 
type, ringed, erect and 
diverging. In its 
habits it 18 more 
aquatic than most 
antelopes other than 
the curious long-hoofed 
swamp species form- 
ing the genus Limno- 
tragus, and habitually 
frequents the margins 
of rivers and other swampy and even 
muddy ground overgrown with moisture- 
loving plants rather than the dry, open 
country which antelopes commmonly affect. 
It is also fond of wallowing in hot weather. 
Mr. Selous, however, has found it on steep 
stony hills, even a mile 
from the nearest river ; 
he noticed that in spite 
of its heavy form it was 
wonderfully swift and 
sure-footed in negotia- 
ting the steepest hill- 
sides, although when 
pursued it always made 
for the waterside. It 
is evidently a beast of 
adaptable nature, and 
is very common in the 
parts of Africa it affects ; 
it has a wide range, from 
the Limpopo River in 
South Africa north- 
wards up the east side 
of the continent to the 
Shebeyli River in 
Somaliland. It is a 
frequent prey of the 
lion and leopard, but 
