Impala — Springbuck 331 



I am indebted to Mr. F. J. Jackson for the following notes of weights 

 and dimensions of male impala: — Weight, 134 lbs. to 162 lbs.; height, 

 2 feet 1 of inches to 3 feet l\ inches ; length, 5 feet 5^ inches to 6 feet 

 J inch. The female is somewhat smaller. a. H. Neumann. 



The Angolan Impala {/Epyceros peters!) 



This animal is exactly similar to the ordinary impala or palla of other 

 parts of Africa, with the exception that the front of the face, from the 

 level of the eyes to the nostrils, is marked, exactly in the centre, with a 

 purplish-black streak. Two other dark streaks pass over the eyes, one on 

 either side of the face. The best recorded pair of horns, obtained by 

 Captain F. Cookson in the Kaoko-Veld, near the Cunene River, German 

 South-West Africa, measure 23^ inches over the curve, 18J inches straight, 

 and \i\ inches from tip to tip. At present identified in the Kaoko-Veld 

 and the province of Mossamedes, Angola. jj A. Bryden. 



THE SPRINGBUCK 



Genus Antidorcas 



Although commonly classed with the true gazelles, the springbuck 

 [A, euchore) differs from all the latter by the presence of a deep fold 

 running down the middle of the back, lined with long white hairs, and 

 capable of being partially turned inside out. It is further distinguished by 

 having five, in place of six, cheek-teeth on each side of the lower jaw. 

 These peculiarities seem to warrant the separation of this antelope to form 

 a genus apart. The horns of the bucks are of medium length and lyrate 

 form, twisted inwards with a graceful sinuous flexure, and their tips 

 inclining inwards or backwards ; those of the does smaller. 



