196 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



BOHOR REBDBUCK (Cervicapra bohor). 



Boroufa of the Gallas. Porhd of the Swahilis. 



From the common reedbuck (C arundinmn) the present species is 

 chiefly distinguished by its smaller size (height at shoulder about 31 

 inches), while it is considerably larger than either of the other three 

 members of its genus. Young animals have the horns more hooked 

 at their tips than is the case with the common reedbuck, but with 

 advancing age even this point of distinction becomes little apparent, 

 owing to the wearing away of the tips of the horns. Both the head 

 and body are more uniformly fawn-coloured than in the common 

 species. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins says : — " These antelopes are very 

 numerous in the Galla country near Mount Yokoila ; they like open 

 grassy plains more or less dotted with the small mimosa bushes and are 

 found in small herds of from four to eight, sometimes even fifteen or 

 twenty. They are not very wild and may easily be stalked at less than 

 200 yards in the middle of the day. Old males frequently are found 

 in the long grass quite alone, when if disturbed they gallop through the 

 grass, jumping very high ; on the plains they go easy and fast without 

 jumping. The flesh is not bad eating, and the Gallas are very keen 

 about getting the skins. Weight about 80 lbs." 



A female shot by him measured from nose to root of tail S i^ 

 inches; height at shoulder, 3i-|- inches ; round the body, 30 inches. 



A good male shot in the Galla country south of the Shoa, by 



the same sportsman, measured from nose to root of tail S7-| inches; 



tail, 6\ inches ; height at shoulder, 34I inches ; round the body, 34-|. 



Distribution. — From Abyssinia through East Africa as far south as 



Kilimanjaro. Discovered by Ruppell in Abyssinia. 



Locality. Owner. 



East Africa 



Do. 



Do. . 



Do. . 

 Galla country . 



Do. . 

 Usongola 



British Museum. 



Major J. R. Macdonald. 



Sir John Kirk, K.C.B., British 



Museum. 

 Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 



Do. 



Col. F. D. Lugard, C.B., D.S.O. 



