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spotted on the haunches, shoulders, and sides with small white spots, with 
three or four faint white stripes down each side. On the other hand, if we 
take the Bushbucks found on the banks of the Chobé and in the country to 
the west of the Victoria Falls we find an animal of a very dark red colour, 
most beautifully spotted with large white spots, and ornamented in some 
cases with as many as eight well-defined white stripes and a long mane of 
white hair. This Bushbuck of the Chobé is that which, following Mr. Pocock, 
we have called Tragelaphus scriptus ornatus (v. s. p. 110). 
On the whole, there seems to be little doubt that there are intermediate 
forms between what we have here treated of as three species of Bushbuck, 
but the question is by no means finally settled, and waits for a better and 
larger series of specimens than is at our command before a satisfactory 
conclusion can be arrived at. 
The Cape Bushbuck does well in captivity, and is frequently brought to 
Europe. Living specimens of it may often be seen in the principal Zoological 
Gardens. The first example possessed by the Zoological Society of London 
appears to have been acquired in April 1859, when it was presented by the 
late Sir George Grey. Other specimens arrived in 1881 and 1887, and the 
Society has lately received good examples of it presented by its excellent 
correspondents Mr. J. EK. Matcham of Port Elizabeth and Mr. W. Champion 
of Natal. 
Our illustration of this species (Plate XC. fig. 2) was prepared by 
Mr. Smit from one of the specimens living in the Zoological Society’s 
Gardens in May of the present year. 
November, 1899. 
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