314 Great and Small Game of Africa 



Mountain Reedbuck (Cervicapra fulvorufula typica) 

 and the Lydenburg Race ( ,, „ subalp'uia) 



Rooi-rhcbok (Red Roebuck) of the Boers and Colonists generally ; 

 Inhlango'matshe (Reedbuck of the Stones) of the Zulus and 



SWAZIS. 



Nine out of every ten Colonial sportsmen call this antelope a rhebuck, 

 believing it to be so, merely on account of its mountain-loving habits ; on 

 the other hand, it must be admitted that the term reedbuck seems singularly 

 inapplicable. The colour of this species is usually warm red-brown, buff 

 on cheeks and throat, white on the under parts, inner sides of limbs and 

 beneath the tail ; but adult rams very frequently acquire the ashy-brown 

 tint of C. arundinum. The muzzle is naked ; sub-orbital gland very small ; 

 ears well covered with hair internally, thinly externally ; tail bushy and 

 short ; lateral hoofs present, but small ; the fur is long and somewhat 

 woolly. Horns, average length 6 inches, only present in the male ; 

 they are very similar in shape to those of the reedbuck, rising from 

 the skull over the eyes, inclining backwards, diverging, and recurving 

 sharply forward ; they are ringed for about half their length. The 

 shoulder-height of an adult male is 30 inches, of the ewes 26 inches. 

 The mountain reedbuck utters a shrill whistle when alarmed, which 

 is not distinguishable from that of the reedbuck. In 1896 I shot some 

 specimens of a mountain reedbuck, near Lydenburg in the Transvaal, 

 which are of great scientific interest ; the type is now in the National 

 Museum, South Kensington, and, pending further details concerning it, has 

 been styled C. fulvorufula subalp'ma. It differs from typica in having 

 all four legs white from the knees down, white hoofs, white tail, both 

 above and below, a white patch on the frontals, and a more or less clearly 

 defined white stripe along the dorsal line. I secured adult and young of 



