34 THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



slender, and pointed, with a very perceptible bend forwards, well 

 annnlated from base. Females hornless. Spoor very much in- 

 dented, round at the points of the hoop, about 1% inches in length."] 



This species is fairly well distributed throughout the Cape Colony, 

 the Orange Free State, Transvaal, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and 

 portions of Natal, Matabeleland, and Zululand, but nowhere at the 

 present day is it to be found in large numbers. Like the Red 

 Rhebuck and the Klipspringer, it is only met with in very broken 

 country, frequenting the highest points of the mountains and kopjies, 

 never descending to the valleys or plains except at night when in 

 search of water. It is generally found in flocks of six or seven up to 

 a dozen, and is most wary and difficult of approach, one old ram 

 usually standing on guard while the remainder feed. On the least 

 sign of danger, the sentry immediately decamps among the rocky 

 boulders, being instantly followed by the whole herd, springing from 

 rock to rock with great activity. Driving is the best plan to adopt 

 when hunting this species, the guns taking up a position in some 

 narrow valley through which the Rhebuck are bound to pass on 

 being driven by natives and dogs from one range of hills to another. 

 It is worthy of remark that at certain portions of the year the entire 

 body of this animal is often found to be burrowed with a large sort 

 of warble, and consequently the flesh at such times is unfit for food, 

 in addition to which it decomposes with great rapidity. 



The Red Rhebuck {Cervicapra lalandii). Fig. 4, Plate L— 

 {Roi RMbok of the Dutch.) 



\_Height seldom exceeding that of a large Duiker, and averaging 



about 28 inches, the body, however, being much stouter. The 



hair is much longer and coarser than that of the Reedbuck (fig. 



23, plate VII. J, and is of a very reddish brown colour, underneath 



showing white strongly. Horns rarely exceed 8 or g inches, bending 



sharply forwards in a short sweep without opening outwards, 



well annulated from the base. Females hornless. Spoor deeply 



marked, slightly open at the points of hoof a shade over l\ inches 



in length.] 



In the course of research we have been somewhat surprised to find 



that naturalists have classified this antelope into two varieties, one 



being the name under which we think it should be known, and the 



