Inyala — Situtunga 467 



helpless is a beast in this position, held up by a stiff sapling, that even a 

 koodoo is, I was assured, an easy prey when so caught. 



The inyala is excellent eating, even the rams being very good tender 

 meat, in this respect, as in many others, resembling the lesser koodoo. 

 The cry of alarm is a sonorous bark, emitted singly, similar to that of the 

 bushbuck, but deeper toned. ^ j_r Neumann 



The West African Situtunga (Trage/ap/ius grains) > 

 Kawe of the Northern Part of the Cameroons ; Mburi in the 

 Duala Tongue of the Cameroons River; Nkaya and Nkoko of 

 the Congo Countries. 



This beautiful creature is nearest of kin to the situtunga (Trage/apAus 

 spekei), but is also closely related to the inyala {Tragelaphus angasi) of South- 

 East and East Africa, and differs from the latter but little save in some 

 details of coloration and in having the hoofs longer. It is sometimes 

 called the large harnessed antelope — not a particularly apt designation. 

 Mr. Sclater, who first described this animal in 1880, gave it the specific 

 name of gratus from its pleasing appearance. 



It is rather a large animal, the full-grown male measuring quite 3 feet 

 6 inches in height at the shoulder. The contour of the body is more like 

 that of the bushbuck than the ox-like appearance of either the koodoo, the 

 eland, or the broad-horned bushbuck (7'. et/rycvros).' 2 The fur is long, 

 especially in the adult male, which is almost as hairy in appearance as the 

 waterbuck. The colour of the females and young is bright chestnut- 

 yellow. This darkens in the adult male to uniform deep chocolate, the 

 chocolate passing into black here and there, and into gray in other places. 

 The characteristic tragelaphine white markings are as follows — On either 



1 A form of this situtunga, noticeable fur its shorter hoofs, has been separated as 'irdgclapi.tu obscurits. 

 This form is depicted by Sir H. H. Johnston on p. 469. See also Mr. Lydekker's notes on Situtunga 

 on pp. 453, 454.— Eu. -• The Bongo.— En. 



