38 WROUGHTON, Collection of Mammals from Rhodesia. 



[Tragelaphus, sp. (The Bushbuck)]. 



'" Mbawala' of the Chikunda and Lake tribes, 

 ' Mkwiwa ' of the Asenga. 



" Common in the more wooded parts of the country. 

 It is somewhat wary and old males are hard to find." 



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[Strepsiceros strepsiceros. (The Kudu)]. 



" ' Ngoma ' of the Lake tribes, ' Mpulupulu' of the 

 Asenga. 



" This magnificent antelope is fairly common and very 

 widely distributed over the country, but is exceedingly 

 wary." 



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[Taurotragus oreas (The Eland)]. 



" ' Nchefu ' and ' Nsefu ' of Asenga and Lake tribes, 

 'Nsongo' of the Alala. 



" The Eland is fairly numerous, preferring the more 

 open country. The specimens I met with all belonged 

 to the striped tan-coloured form." 



[Bubalus caffer (The African Buffalo)]. 



" ' Njati, nzati,' of the Lake tribes, ' Mboo ' of the 

 Asenga, ' Kakuli ' of the Alala. 



" Buffaloes are now exceedingly scarce having suffered 

 much from the Rinderpest of some io years ago. There 

 are still a few scattered herds of small size in the country. 

 I succeeded in obtaining a solitary old bull the only one 

 J met with." 



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