312 Great and Small Game of Africa 



This is a very common trait, and one which often leads to the belief 

 that they have gone clean away. If, therefore, the stalker, on arriving 

 at the spot he intends to take his shot from, finds the buck is nowhere 

 to be seen, let him keep out of sight and wait patiently until the warning 

 whistle ceases, and he will soon have the satisfaction of seeing his buck 

 stand up and go on feeding again. On one occasion I remember finding 

 a single buck standing on an extensive bit of bare sandy ground with 

 absolutely no covert but a single patch of withered grass about a foot 

 high and six feet square. On one side of this bare ground there was 

 a deep and dry watercourse, but, unfortunately, just as I climbed down 

 into it I heard the warning whistle of another bohor in the distance. 

 However, as the buck for some little time appeared to take no notice 

 of it, I hurried along the bed of the stream until I got to the exact place 

 I intended to take my shot from, but on looking over the edge of the 

 bank there was no buck in sight. It had vanished. I scrambled off the 

 bank, shouldered my rifle, and started off to look for something else. On 

 my way I actually passed within a few yards of the small patch of grass, 

 when up jumped the buck, but I was so taken by surprise that a hurried 

 snap shot missed it clean. p i T ACKS0N- 



The Nagor Reedbuck (Cervicapra reduncd) 



Wonto of the Natives of the Gambia 



This is the smallest of all the reedbucks, and inferior in size to C. 

 bohor. Height at the shoulder about 28 inches. It is of a nearly uniform 

 reddish brown in colour, rather darker in the middle line of the back, but 

 is without darker markings on the limbs. Head and body are alike in 

 coloration. The insides of the ears and the ocular region are white, the 

 face being rather more rufous. The belly and insides of the extremities 

 are whitish. There is a noticeable, roughly circular, naked space below the 



