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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Puku, from a specimen in tlie British Museum. 



PUKU (Cobus vardoni). 



Impookoo of the Masubias. Pookoo in the Lake Ngami country. 



Muntinya in the Barotse country. Seftla in the Chilala and Chibisa 



countries. 



From the other small kobs with the back of the ears rufous, the 

 puku is distinguishable at once by the uniformly foxy colour of the 

 fore-legs, as well as by the greater length of the hair, especially in the 

 region of the back and loins, where it has a tendency to curl. General 

 colour reddish-yellow. Height at shoulder about 39 or 40 inches. 

 Distribution. — Mainly confined to a narrow belt of country extending 



along the southern bank of the Chobe for about sixty miles from 



its junction with the Zambesi. The herds are small, seldom 



including more than ten or a dozen individuals. 



