The Congo Buffalo 



Girth of fore-leg below elbow . 





191 



Length from withers to root of tail 





4 2f 



„ ,, between horns . 





173 



,, between horns to tip of nose 







Total length along line laid on back from t 



p of nose t 





root of tail 





78 



Tail, total length 





ioi 



,, tuft only .... 





35 



Horns, outside curve 





I2i 



„ between tips 





I I 



between palms . 





4} 



ne following are the measurements of a 



i old bull' 



horns 



Outside curve . 



ioi 



inches. 



Inside „ . 



15J 





Tip to tip 



'5 





Width of palm 



1\ 





The horns, flat in front, curve outwards from the head, and, almost 

 immediately bending upwards, become two perpendicular and usually 

 parallel points, which in youth and early maturity are often extremely 

 sharp. As the age increases, the space between the horns on the forehead 

 decreases, but so far as my experience goes, the palms never actually meet. 



The horns are much prized by natives of West Africa for fetish 

 ceremonies, whereat they are used for blowing the most hideous calls. 



The range of the dwarf buffalo extends along the West Coast of Africa 

 from Senegambia to Benguela, roughly from 15' N. to 15° S. latitude, and 

 extends throughout the basins of the Senegal, Gambia, and Niger, the 

 hinterland of the Cameroons, and perhaps penetrates most deeply into the 

 continent along the French and Belgian Congo Rivers. Throughout this 

 extent of country there are districts where it is not to be found, but they 

 are limited both in extent and frequency. It is, however, nowhere very 

 common, and unless they are to be found in the Congo wilds, large herds 

 are unknown. 



