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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



waterbucks and kobs, which include the largest representatives of the 

 group, there are no naked patches on the head below the ears, the tail 

 is comparatively long, with a slight terminal tuft, and the lateral hoofs 

 are large. A characteristic feature of the skull is the presence of a 

 deep hollow in the forehead. From its allies the true or common 

 waterbuck is recognisable at a glance by the elliptical white ring on 

 the buttocks, which extends downwards to the thighs. Height at 

 shoulder about 43 inches to 53. 



Distribution. — Africa north of the Limpopo along the eastern coast 

 region as far as the Shebeyli River in Somaliland ; thus including 

 Nyasaland and British and German East Africa. Never, apparently, 

 very abundant, this handsome antelope, whose head and horns form 

 one of the chief prizes of the South African hunter, has had its 

 range much curtailed of late years. Its present strongholds are 

 the unhealthy districts between the Sabi and Zambesi, the affluents 

 of the latter river, and the Chobi, Okavango, and other rivers above 

 Lake Ngami. Although the flesh is uneatable by Europeans, the 

 excellence of the hide for shoe-leather causes the kring-gaat, as it 

 is called by the Boers, to be persistently hunted. 



