LIVINGSTONE'S ANTELOPE 159 



The habits of these pretty little creatures 

 are not unlike those of the duikers ; they are, 

 however, much smaller than any except the blue 

 variety. Except in regions where they are un- 

 disturbed, it is very difficult to see them, so 

 wary and alert are they in all their movements. 

 So far as I am aware, females of the Livingstone's 

 antelope are entirely hornless. The prevailing 

 colour of the males is reddish fawn, paling, as 

 in the case of all the antelopes, as it extends 

 beneath the body. Their horns are to me scarcely 

 distinguishable from those of the duiker, and as 

 a rule are about 3 inches in length, their shoulder 

 measurement reaching 13 or 14 inches. They 

 are, as I have said, exceedingly wary, and, owing 

 to the thickness of their favourite haunts, most 

 difficult to distinguish. I have always, on this 

 account, felt extremely pleased with myself on 

 the successful termination of a stalk, the more 

 so as they appear to have a faculty of marking 

 every stage of your approach whifet completely 

 hidden by what you believe to be entirely 

 covering you. In nine cases out of ten, there- 

 fore, on arriving at the point you considered to 

 be nicely within range, the Livingstone is there 

 no longer. 



Here is another of the smaller species which 

 are believed seldom or never to drink, but to 

 subsist, in so far as the satisfaction of thirst is 

 concerned, entirely upon raindrops, dew, and 

 vegetable juices. In passing through Shupanga 

 in 1909 I shot a small antelope which I have not 

 made up my mind was not a Livingstone, but 



