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where otherwise in many instances it would escape notice. But with the 
Mweru Waterbuck running from one, the absence of the white band is at 
once apparent. I noticed the deficiency before even examining a specimen 
at close quarters. 
“The ‘ Chuzwi’ of Mweru is not very plentiful in either Itawa or Kabwiri; 
all told, during the year I was at Mweru, I doubt if I saw fifty, though of 
Vardon’s Waterbuck I saw many thousands. It is generally met with in 
hilly forest country—sometimes on steep rough ground—where Vardon’s 
Waterbuck does not go, and where one would scarcely expect to see 
C. ellipsiprymius. 
“‘T once came upon a troop of five females on the very topmost ridge of the 
mountains overlooking the Lualaba River—at the most northern point of 
Mweru Lake—where there were ‘ Klipspringers,’ and where climbing with 
a rifle was anything but easy. 
‘Tn all I shot four specimens, two males and two females, all full-grown. 
Of these I preserved the complete skulls and hides of the males and the hide 
of one female. 
“The larger of the two males was a solitary animal, shot in the forest, near 
Mputa’s, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, September 10th, 1892. The 
horns measured on the straight 22} inches, on the curve 243 inches. 
“The other male, which was a smaller animal but had as good horns, and 
one of the females (the one preserved) were shot on the cliffs north of 
Karembwi's, Kabwiri, east coast of Lake Mweru, July 27th, 1892. 
‘The horns of this male measured on the straight also 224 inches, on the 
curve 244 inches. 
‘“‘'The second female I shot for meat on the left bank of the Choma River, 
about due north of Lake ‘ Mweru ya Matipa’—the ‘Mweru of Mud,’ as the 
natives know the smaller Lake Mweru to the east of Lake Mweru proper— 
October 27th, 1892. The skins of these animals subsequently lost much of 
their dark colouring, a considerable quantity of the hair coming out (as it 
will do with the very movable coats of Waterbuck) and the remainder 
becoming lighter in drying.” 
Our figure of this Waterbuck (Plate XXXIV.) has been taken by Mr. Smit 
from the typical male specimen now in the British Museum. 
August, 1896. 
