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commonly we found them in company with Blue "Wildebeeste and 

 Burchell's Zebra. Their flesh is excellent eating, and formed our 

 staple food; 



They have a curious habit of stamping with their feet ; the 

 peculiar meaning of this we were unable to settle : their alarm- 

 note, for want of a better term, may be described as a whistle. In 

 this part of the country you always get the smaller form, described 

 as a separate species by Mr. Oldfield Thomas — perhaps, as it is 

 wooded, "' thorn veldt " country. 



Sometimes we found white patches on the hocks, and in one 

 instance a black patch on the sno\A"y-white chest between the 

 fore legs. When frightened by any sudden noise they made most 

 prodigious bounds into the air, like a Springbuck ; and when it was 

 not necessary to shoot them, I have derived great pleasure from 

 these exhibitions of saltatory agility. 



The Eehbitck. Pelea cajireolus. 



Zulu: Iza. 



This antelope is extremely wary, and from the sentinels they 

 post it is especially hard to approach, as they frequent the very 

 highest ridges, which are destitute of cover. Their alarm-note is 

 a sort of harsh cough, upon which all take flight. They still linger 

 on the highest ridges of the Makongwa Eange near Barberton. 

 Their flesh is so constantly affected by a species of warble that it 

 is practically uneatable. 



Bltje "Wildebeeste. Connochcetes taurinus. 



Swazi : Inhonlcone. 



Between the Sabi and Krokodil Rivers this animal exists in 

 considerable numbers. It is often found associating with the 

 Pallah, and also at times with Biu-chell"s Zebra. 



It is very fond of making wallowing-places in soft and moist 

 ground, where it kneels and rolls. Trees, such as mimosas, are 

 selected as rubbing-posts, and its horns especially are often found 

 to be much worn down by this constant process. 



An old bull we shot had actually ex])osed the core of his horns 

 in this manner. When charging past you they have a very 

 ferocious aspect, which their behaviour belies; they remind one of 

 a small American Bison, the great disparity of height at the \A'ithers 

 and the sloping quarters, together with the mane, are responsible 

 for this Ukeness. The flesh is uneatable. In a troop of this 

 species, one possessed a pure white tail : a lion which we were 

 follo\^"ing prevented us from shooting this interesting variety. 

 (The White-tailed G-nu, Connochcetes gnu, is unknown in this part 

 of the Transvaal.) The old bulls of this species, C. taurinus, are 

 very often solitary, whereas the other adults of this species are 

 gregarious, generally in small herds of about eight to twelve 

 individuals. That curious odoriferous gland in the fore-foot of 

 the animal seems to be a sexual characteinstic. 



