150 Great and Small Game of Africa 



is not, after a few specimens have been added to his collection, much in 

 the quaint-looking head of this beast, with its unimposing, crooked horns, 

 to tempt the hunter to interfere with it, for, as a trophy, it is not very 

 striking. 



This, like all the hartebeests, is purely a grazer. It is often seen long 

 distances from water. 



Mr. Gedge (as quoted in the Book of Antelopes) gives the calving 

 season as being the latter part of November and December. 



The calves are astonishingly agile, racing away ahead of their mothers, 

 when alarmed, at a marvellous pace. The alarm signal is a snort. 



From Mr. F. J. Jackson's notes (kindly placed at my disposal) I am 

 enabled to give the average height of a full-grown coke/ as from 4 feet to 

 somewhat more, and the length 7 feet and upwards ; while the weight may 

 run from about 300 lbs. to not far short of 350 lbs. or thereabouts. 



A. H. Neumann. 



The Cape Hartebeest (Bubalis cama) 



Known universally to the various Bechuana tribes as Kliama ; the 

 Zulus call it Inhluzele, the Makalakas Ingama, and the Masarwa Bushmen 

 of the Kalahari Desert Khama, with a strong preliminary click on the K/i. 

 The ancient Hottentot name was Kama, also with a strong preliminary 

 click. 



The Cape hartebeest, as it may perhaps be called, to distinguish it from 

 the various other species to be found in Africa, obtained its well-known 

 name from the Cape Dutch. By up-country Boer hunters it is often called 

 Rooi or red hartebeest, to distinguish it from its near congener the tsesseby 

 or bastard hartebeest — sometimes called Zulu hartebeest — of the Dutch. 



This hartebeest stands at the withers something over 4 feet. Occasion- 

 ally individuals will attain nearly 5 feet, but the average height may be 



