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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Bushbuck shot by A. M. Naylor. 



BUSHBUCK (Tragelaphus scriptus). 



Assail, Danakil name. 



Bawala in the Chilala and Chibisa 



countries. 

 Boschbok of the Dutch. 

 Dol of the SomaHs. 

 Ibawara of the Lower Zambesi 



natives. 

 /;«/''rt/.'rt/(2oftheSwazisandMatonga. 



Iiikonka (male), Iiiibabala (female) 



of the Zulus. 

 M'babala in the Barotse country. 

 M'babala and Serolo biiclniliu in the 



Lake Ngami country. 

 Mbazvixra of the Swahilis. 

 Scrolobiitiikn of the Bamangwatos. 

 Unmruno-u of the Makubas. 



The bushbucks and harnessed antelopes form an extensive group of 

 species nearly allied to the kudus, but usually displaying great sexual 

 differences in the colour of the coat, and generally having a simpler 

 spiral to the horns. The females are nearly always striped with white 

 on a chestnut ground, but the bucks may be darker and more uniformly 

 coloured. As in the kudus, the females are hornless. The true or 

 lesser bushbuck is the smallest and at the same time the most widely 

 spread member of the group, having several local races. The height at 

 the shoulder ranges from 2^ to 3 feet, and the weight from lOO lbs. to 

 170 lbs. In the Abyssinian bushbuck {T. scriptus deculd), which ranges 



