Livingstone's Suni 259 



Nothing larger than a .320 rook rifle 15/100 should be used. It is as 

 unsportsmanlike to use large bores and charges for these delicate creatures 

 — and thereby cut the specimen up so badly as to render it useless for 

 anything — as it would be to use a shot-gun. I always use a .320 rook rifle 

 as above, and find it fully efficient. p Vaughan Kirby. 



Zulitland Suni (Nesotragus Hviiigstonianiis zuluensis) 

 Zulu Name, Inhlengana 



The Zululand form of Livingstone's antelope has recently been set 

 apart by scientific naturalists as a sub-species, principally from its larger 

 size and richer colouring. Mr. A. H. Neumann, in a letter to the Field, 

 published 3rd September 1892, gives the following particulars. "The 

 native name for it is 'Inhlengana.' It is barely larger than the tiny blue 

 buck of South Africa, but carries very much larger horns in proportion 

 to its size. The specimen sent is an old male. The white hairs on the 

 head are said to be from age and not general to the species. This one 

 was killed in North-Eastern Zululand, which district seems to be the 

 southerly limit of its range. It frequents the densely bushed parts of the 

 low flats between the coast and the Bombo range. ... It has a very 

 strong musky scent, the source of which appears to be the large glands 

 (the hollows for which are conspicuous in the skull) below the eyes, and 

 of which the openings appear in the skin. So powerful is this odour 

 that it may often be perceived pervading the bushes that the bucks 

 frequent. Even the flesh (of the male at all events) is so highly flavoured 

 by this peculiar essence as to be barely eatable." Mr. Neumann added 

 that these antelopes seemed "fairly plentiful in parts." 



The horns of Mr. Neumann's specimen, which are now in the Natural 

 History Museum, measure 3 ,V inches in length and 2 inches in 

 circumference. H. A. Bryden. 



