Great and Small Game of Africa 



horns are also smaller and thinner, a good pair being from 6 inches to 7 

 inches in length. It is usually found in small lots of two or three. In the 

 Kiyu hills I have seen five together. Its note of alarm is a shrill whistle, 

 but not so loud as the reedbuck's. The early morning and late evening about 

 5 o'clock are the best times to look for them, as they are then feeding and 

 the chances of seeing them are better, but they are by no means easy to make 

 out on account of their colour assimilating so closely with the gray rock and 

 stones amongst which they are found. During the rest of the day they lie 



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up under the shade of some big boulder or bush, and are then practically 

 invisible. If sought for at other times the stalker should keep along the 

 top, or as near the top as possible, of the rough rocky spurs. This buck, 

 like most hill game, appears to be more intent on watching for the appear- 

 ance of danger from below rather than from above. 



They lie very close, and as they may so easily escape observation I have 

 found it a good plan to every now and again throw a fair-sized stone down 

 the hillside. This will move them and make them show themselves, but 

 does not appear to scare them, as no doubt they are accustomed to the noise 



