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MR. F. C. SELOUS ON AFRICAN ANTELOPES. [June 21, 



about the loins being often long and curly. The tips of the ears are 

 black. The males alone bear horns, which are ringed to within three 

 inches of the point, and curve slightly forwards. A fine pair will 

 measure 1 6 inches along the curve. 



These Antelopes are usually met with in herds of from three or four 

 to a dozen in number ; but in 1874, on one of the alluvial flats near 

 the mouth of the Chobe, I observed as many as fifty in one herd, and 

 once I saw twelve old rams together. During the period of anarchy, 

 however, which ensued after Sepopo was murdered in 1876, a great 

 many of the natives fled from Sesheke to the southern bank of the 

 Chobe, and during their sojourn there committed great havoc amongst 



Horns of Cobus vardoni. 

 a. Side view ; b. front view. 



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the numerous herds of Pookoo ; so that on my visit to the Chobe in 

 1877 I never saw more than ten or a dozen in a herd, and not one 

 for every ten I had seen there in 1874. They are usually found on 

 dry ground close to the water's edge, but when pursued do not 

 hesitate to cross marshes or swim deep rivers. I have often seen 

 Pookoo and Impala Antelopes feeding together, but have never seen 

 the former Antelopes in company with Leechwee, for the reason that 

 on the southern bank of the Chobe near its junction with the Zam- 

 besi, where the Pookoo are found, there are no Leechwee, whilst in 

 the swamps on the other bank, where Leechwee abound, there are no 

 Pookoo. 



13. COUS LECHE. 



(Leche, Leegwee of the Makalolo ; Ini/a of the Masubias ; Oonya 

 of the Makubas.) 



This Antelope is first met with in the marshes of the Botletlie river. 



