The Hartebeests r qo 



coloured with the addition of blackish or purplish patches on the face, 

 shoulders, hind-quarters, and lower portions of the limbs. The horns first 

 rise outwards or backwards, then curve forwards and upwards, and are 

 finally bent suddenly backwards and upwards. Eight species of hartebeest 

 are known ; and these may be arranged in four groups, according to the 

 form of the horns and the development of the upward prolongation 

 (pedicle) of the forehead on which they are mounted. 



A. Horns U-shaped from in front, with a short pedicle, 

 i. Bubal Hartebeest (Bubalis boselaphus). 



2. W. African Hartebeest (B. maior). 



B. Horns like an inverted bracket (~,~), with a moderate pedicle. 

 J. Tora Hartebeest (B. tora). 



a. Typical race (B. tora typica). 



b. Neumann's race (B. tora neumanni). 

 4. Svvayne's Hartebeest (B. swaynei). 



5- Coke's „ (B. cokei). 



C Horns V-shaped from in front, with a very high pedicle. 



6. Cape Hartebeest (B. cama). 



7. Jackson's „ (B. jacksoni). 



D. Horns greatly incurved before the final backward turn, with a low 

 and wide pedicle. 



8. Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (B. lichtensteini). 



Bubal Hartebeest (Bubalis boselaphus) 



Tciareg Name, Kargum ; Arab (Algerian) Name, Begra el Ouach 



This hartebeest is very closely allied to the following species— the 



West African hartebeest, fully described by Major Arnold and Dr. Rendall 



—and its habits are very similar. It may, indeed, well be doubted 



whether any practical difference, beyond mere local variation, exists 



