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but directly he stops to take a shot they will shake their heads in the most 
defiant way, and with a few snorts and flicks of their mule-like tails, kick up 
their heels and caper off jauntily. As they will, as a rule, pull up a short 
way off, the sportsman will have the annoyance of again adopting the same 
tactics, with probably like results, until he might almost believe that the 
Wildebeest is enjoying itself at his expense. He should, however, avoid 
risking a long shot (the Wildebeest is an extremely tough brute, and will go 
for miles when wounded in such a way as would soon bring other game to a 
standstill), since after two or three fruitless attempts if no shot is fired its 
suspicions will become allayed, and it will probably stand sufficiently long to 
give him a good chance.” 
The Brindled Gnu is not so commonly met with in Zoological Gardens as 
the White-tailed species. It is generally considered to be a rarer animal in 
the market, and the dealers ask a larger price for it. We are informed that 
a pair of Brindled Gnus bred in the Zoological Gardens at Breslau in 1886 
or 1887. The only specimen ever received by the Zoological Society, so far 
as we can make out, was a female purchased in 1859. In the continental 
Gardens it has been better represented, and the collections at Antwerp, 
Amsterdam, and Berlin usually contain specimens of this Antelope. These 
have been, in many cases, obtained from Mr. Reiche, of Alfeld, who has 
received several examples of this Gnu among his recent importations of 
living animals from the Transvaal. 
In the British Museum the Brindled Gnu is represented by one of 
Burchell’s typical examples, as already mentioned, and by an adult male 
received from Sir Andrew Smith. Both these are mounted specimens. 
There are likewise a skeleton, obtained by Mr. Selous in Mashonaland in 
1885, and a set of skulls and horns in the same collection. 
Our Plate of this animal was put on the stone by Mr. Smit from a sketch 
made by Mr. Wolf. For the use of the woodcut (fig. 13, p. 98), drawn by the 
celebrated German artist Miitzel, we are indebted to the kindness of Messrs. 
Warne and Co., by whom it has been used in their ‘ Royal Natural History’ 
(vol. 1. p. 314). 
January, 1895. 
