The White-Eared Kob 287 



Mrs. Gray's waterbuck was named after the wife of the celebrated 

 zoologist, Dr. Gray, and was first discovered by the German naturalist Von 

 Heuglin in 1855. It was well known to Consul Petherick, a famous 

 sportsman and traveller, on the Nile and its affluents in the early sixties ; 

 but very few examples have reached Europe, and the animal is practically 

 unknown to latter-day hunters. Now that the Nile and its western 

 tributaries are to be opened up and the Bahr-el-Ghazal is to be rescued 

 from Mahdism, it is probable that British sportsmen will not be long in 

 re-discovering this splendid water antelope. 



Its habitat lies mainly among the swamps of the White Nile, the 

 Bahr-el-Seraf, the Bahr-el-Gebel, the Bahr-el-Ghazal, the Sobat, and other 

 remote Nile regions, where it ranges in large troops. It is possible that 

 British officers recently stationed at Fashoda and Sobat may have again 

 heard of and even procured specimens of this antelope. 



H. A. Bryden. 



The White-Eared Kob {Cobus leucotis) 



Niam-Niam Name, Kala ; Shooli Name, Tee/ (practically the same as 

 the Nuehr name for Mrs. Gray's waterbuck, viz. Til) ; Djeng 

 Name, Kul and Wiiil. 



This kob is found in almost precisely the same Nile regions as Mrs. 

 Gray's waterbuck, and has been occasionally confused with that animal. 

 It is, however, smaller and slimmer in build, besides being different in 

 colouring, especially in lacking the curious Y neck-marking so conspicuous 

 in Mrs. Gray's waterbuck. The general colouring is a rich brown, with 

 a tinge of fawn. The upper parts of the head for some distance round 

 the eyes, as well as the ears, are white, as are the muzzle, chin, and throat. 

 About the middle of the neck the brown body-colour appears again, to be 

 succeeded a little lower by the conspicuous white marking of the chest 



