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large glands (the hollows for which are conspicuous in the skull) below the 
eyes, and of which the openings appear in the skin. So powerful is this odour 
that it may often be perceived pervading the bushes that the bucks frequent. 
Even the flesh (of the male, at all events) is so highly flavoured by this 
peculiar essence as to be barely eatable. 
“The animal from which this skull and skin were taken was killed by a 
native, and spoilt as a specimen for mounting before I gotit; hence the skin 
Fig. 25. 
Skull of Nesotragus livingstonianus, 6 . 
(P. Z.S8. 1893, p. 238.) 
is sent merely for purposes of identification. It would not be difficult, 
however, to procure others, as they seem fairly plentiful in parts.” 
Mr. H. M. Barber, F.R.G.S., a well-known authority on the game-animals 
of South-east Africa, has lately forwarded to Sclater a description of an 
Antelope and a photograph of its head, which are, no doubt, also referable 
to the present species. Mr. Barber states that the Antelope in question is 
found in the neighbourhood of Delagoa Bay, between the Tembe and Maputa 
Rivers, and is of a mouse-colour with a reddish head, standing about a foot 
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