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haunts, one continually catches their odour. The flesh, although quite 

 eatable, is not to be compared with that of the other antelopes. Bulls are 

 by no means as numerous as the cows ; in a day's hunting one might see 

 six or seven different troops of waterbuck, yet it is more than probable one 

 would not see a single bull amongst them. They appear to drop their 

 young during August, giving birth to one calf only. 



I first met with these buck in 1892 on the Kuvali River, at a vley 

 known as Bongo ; they were very numerous at this particular place, and, 

 happening to shoot a bull, I preserved the head, and sent it to Mr. Rowland 

 Ward's, in Piccadilly, to be set up. Mr. Ward pronounced it to be a new 

 species of waterbuck, and asked me to send him the entire skin of a male 

 and female. These I procured during the next hunting season, and on 

 sending them to England the new form was established. These water- 

 buck are fairly plentiful on parts of the Quenene River. I have also met 

 with them in large numbers on the Balombo River, to the north of Ben- 

 guela, and again to the south, on the Coporole River. On this last-named 

 river they were, however, very scarce. q yy P EN rice. 



The Defassa Sing-sing (Coins defassa typictis) 

 In British East Africa 



This waterbuck is not recognised by the Swahilis as distinct from the 

 common waterbuck (C. ellipsiprymnus) found in the coast regions, and both 

 are known to them by one name, Kuril. The Masai call it Kibbuligoren, 

 and the Wanderobbo, Kipkonoriandet. 



So far as I have been able to ascertain, it ranges as far south, but no 

 farther, than Lake Naivasha. Here I have myself seen it several times. 

 To the north it extends as far as Lake Rudolph, and was obtained there by 

 Mr. H. Andrew in 1897. To the west {t extends ri S ht awa y throu g h 



