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Another term used by many authors for this Antelope is pyymea. But the 
true Capra pygmea of Linnzus, as has been shown by the late Sir Victor 
Brooke, refers to a different Antelope—the little Royal Antelope of West 
Africa. The remaining terms, such as cerulea, perpusilla, and minuta, which 
have been applied to this species, are all ante-dated by Thunberg’s term 
monticola. 
The Blue-buck, Messrs. Nicolls and Eglington tell us, is now found only 
in the coast districts of the Cape Colony, and occasionally in Natal, being 
nowhere plentiful. It is solitary in its habits and keeps to the dense bush 
and forest, from which it is with difficulty dislodged. When pursued by dogs 
it darts across from cover to cover with surprising celerity. ‘These authors 
add that this Antelope emits a nasty musky odour and that its flesh is not 
particularly good. 
How far the Blue Duiker extends beyond the limits of the Cape Colony is, 
as yet, a matter of considerable uncertainty, these small Duikers, owing to 
their close similarity, being still in a state of much confusion. According to 
M. Du Bocage, as recorded in the Zoological Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ for 
1878, this species is found in Benguela and Loando, far up the west coast. 
On the east coast Peters obtained specimens near Mozambique, Quillemane, 
and Inambane, and in Boror, which, in his ‘Reise nach Mossambique,’ he 
refers to the present species. ‘ . 
North of the Zambesi in Nyasaland either the Blue Duiker or a closely 
allied species is found, of which Mr. Crawshay speaks as follows :— 
“This little Antelope, or at any rate a species of Blue-buck very closely 
resembling it, appears to be common in parts of the Nyasa country, especially 
in the densely wooded slopes of mountains; and though I cannot claim to 
have come across any in life, I have yet seen a good number of their skins— 
notably among the Anyika of Chombi and the adjoining mountains, where 
they are said to be plentiful. On the thickly wooded mountainous slopes 
between Bandawe and Syiska they are also said to exist, and again in some 
of the hills about Cape Maclear; but everywhere natives speak of them as 
being shy and very difficult to bring to bag in the thick covert where they 
are generally found.” 
In 1862 the late Dr. Gray described and figured in the Zoological Society’s 
‘Proceedings, under the name of Cephalophus bicolor, what appears to be 
merely a piebald variety of the present species. The specimen was obtained 
