256 ZAMBEZIAN ZOOLOGY 



horns I have seen belonging to this animal were 

 obtained in the lower Zambezi district by Fleet- 

 Surgeon Stalkartt, R.N., and measured over nine- 

 teen inches in length. The Bushbuck's horns are 

 almost exactly the same shape as those of his big 

 brother the Situtunga {T. spekd), with the ex- 

 ception that the latter possess white tips, which 

 are not characteristic of the smaller variety. The 

 amphibious Situtunga does not occur, so far as is 

 known, within the region bordering the Portuguese 

 Zambezi. 



The Zebra {Equus zebra) runs in large herds, 

 and is, so far as I can form an opinion, identical 

 with the clearly striped Central African form, 

 wherein well-defined marking runs all the way 

 down the limbs, and even the tail is striped to the 

 end. I do not think, unless in the mountainous 

 northern portions of the Zambezia district which 

 are still imperfectly known, the smaller type, known 

 as the Mountain Zebra, occurs ; the one generally 

 known possessing markings in the form of broad, 

 jet-black stripes on dark cream or pure white. 

 There is no marking whatsoever between the stripes, 

 such as distinguishes both Chapman's and Burchell's 

 varieties. 



I do not like to include the Zebra among the 

 game families for consideration in the same way 

 as the remaining varieties, for, to my mind, this 

 beautiful creature should never be shot. Not only 

 is their presence on the plains an ornament which 

 Africa could ill spare, but, by judicious crossing, 

 he would, I doubt not, prove an animal of great 

 importance in future schemes of territorial ex- 



