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THE MAMMALS OF ETHIOPIAN AFRICA 



white of the muzzle by a transverse band connecting the dark middle band of the 

 face with the two eye-stripes, and the medium-sized, sabre-shaped horns, which 

 attain a length of about a yard. The neck carries an upright mane, the ears are 

 lined with long white hairs, and there is a white streak between these and the eye- 

 stripe of each side. The colour varies locally, but is typically reddish roan ; in the 

 Sudani race (H. e. bakeri) the colour is redder and the ear-tufts are longer ; the East 

 African H. e. lahgheldi is also reddish, but with the tufts on the ears shorter; 

 while the Senegambian H. e. (jambiaitus- is reddest of all. 



The smaller, slaty grey blaauwbok {H. leucophcmm), which formerly inhabited 

 Cape Colony, has been exterminated for more than a century, the last individual 

 having been killed, it is believed, about the year 1800. 



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By far the handsomest member of the group is the sable antelope {H. niger), 

 which inhabits Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Mashonaland, Nyasaland, and East Africa. 

 In the Harrisbuck, as this species is often called, the black stripe on the middle line 

 of the face extends from the horns to the muzzle, but the eye-stripe dies out before 

 reaching the latter, and there is no white stripe behind the eye. Between the 

 central dark stripe and the eye-stripe is a white band, and the lower part of the 

 face in advance of the line of the eye and below the eye-stripe is also white. The 

 white eye-tufts and the ears are smaller than in the roan antelope. Elsewhere 

 the coat of the old bulls is glossy black on the upper-parts and white beneath ; the 

 cows are browner, and the calves rufous. Horns exceeding 50 inches are known ; 

 but from 45 to 47 inches is a good size for fine specimens. In height the sable 



