56 THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



The Damaraland Antelope {Nanotragus damarensis). 



\Height about 22 inches. Colour of back finely grizzled with black 

 and yellow, replaced by grey, all the hairs being distinctly ringed with 

 black, the predominant grey colour of the rump and outer side of 

 the thighs being a distinguishing mark from other species; skin of 

 forelegs bare of hair. Horns of adult male 2yit inches long, with 

 prominent irregular ridges, about seven in number, circling the base. 

 Females similar in colour but hornless.^ 



For the above description of this practically unknown species we 

 are indebted to Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., who first brought it to the 

 notice of the scientific world in the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of January, 1880. Mr. Ericksson, the well-known Damara- 

 land hunter and companion of Andersson, presented the first male 

 specimen to the Capetown Museum ; and he states that it fre- 

 quents the rocky hills in the vicinity of Omaruru, in Damara- 

 land, about 1° North of Walfish Bay, but it is very hard to obtain 

 in consequence of its wonderful agility, its inaccessible haunts ren- 

 dering the difficulty much greater. 



The Triangulated-horned Antelope {Antilope triangularis). 

 —Fig- 37- 



If this species of antelope ever existed, it owes its discovery in the 

 first instance to Mr. Moreton Green, of Natal, who submitted a pair 

 of horns to Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., the keeper of the Zoological 

 Department of the British Museum, by whom the supposed new 

 variety was prominently brought to public notice in the Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society of February 19th, 1889, whose remarks 

 are based on the horns above alluded to and a small portion of 

 the skull which was attached to them. , Mr. Green stated that he 

 obtained this specimen many years ago through the instrumentality 

 of a hunter who was trading for him in the Zambesi regions. This 

 man had told him that he had bartered the horns from a native 

 chief, who in turn said the animal was exceedingly scarce. Dr. 

 Giinther says : " The horns are evidently those of a very old 

 animal . . . gently curved backwards, showing the slightest indi- 

 cation of a twist near the top; they measure 31 inches along the 

 curve, and 30 in a straight line from the base to tip. The distance 

 of their ends is 22 inches. A transverse section taken 3 inches from 



