ROAN ANTELOPE 



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Head of Roan Antelope, from a specimen shot by F. C. Selous. 



ROAN ANTELOPE 



Ee-taka of the Amandebele. 

 Ee-pala-pala chena of the Maka- 



lakas. 

 Iiiipengo eeUiba of the Masubias. 

 Kwar of the Masaras. 

 Klabakila of the Basuto. 

 Mpeleinbe in the Chilala and 



Chibisa countries. 



(Hippotragus ectuinus). 



Mtagaisi of the Swazis and Zulus. 

 Oo-ka-viooh-we of the Makubas. 

 Qjialata of the Northern Bech- 



uanas. 

 Qualata and Etsetla in the Lake 



Ngami country. 

 Qnalata and Tseii in the Barotse 



country. 



Tai-hait-sa of the Southern Bechuanas. 



In spite of its larger size (height at shoulder about 4 feet 9 inches), 



the shorter horns and mane, the larger ears and eye-tufts, and, above 



all, the grizzled roan coat, render the present species a much less 



striking animal than its sable cousin. A marked character of the face 



of the roan antelope is the cutting-off of the white eye-stripe from the 



muzzle by a transverse dark bar connecting the dark nose-streak with 



the brown of the cheeks ; while the dark nose-streak itself likewise 



stops short of the muzzle, which is thus wholly white. 



Distribution. — From north of the Vaal and Orange Rivers through East 



and East Central Africa to the Sudan and Abyssinia, and westward 



to Angola, Nigeria, Gambia, and Senegambia. Recently the name 



H. rufopallidiis has been applied to an antelope from East Africa, 



but it would seem unlikel)' that this can be anything more than a 



