BUBALUS CAAMA. 
forms a compressed fringe or border posteriorly. The hair of the animal 
generally is soft, short, and recumbent. On the inner surface of the ears, it 
is rather long. Towards the tip of the lower jaw there are a number of 
rather long fine bristles. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Ft. Inches. 
Length from the nose to the base of 
the tail 
of the tail 
from the tip of the nose to the 
base of the horns 
of the horns 
of the ears 
6 
1 
1 
1 
0 
11 
4i 
5 
91 
7 
Ft. Inches. 
Distance between the eye and the 
nose 0 
between the horns at the base 0 
between the horns at the tips 0 
Height at the withers 3 
croup 3 
Hi 
10f 
The female is rather smaller in stature than the male, and the horns are 
less powerful, and neither so strongly ringed nor knotted. The colouis 
nearly similar. 
Wherever travellers from the Cape of Good Hope have reached, they have found the 
Hartebeest, and we, besides having actually killed specimens close to the tropic of Capricorn, 
have also heard of the animal existing much farther to the northward. At the same time t lat we 
had proofs of its residence in the latitude mentioned, we also had evidence that it c oes 
occur so frequently there as it does more to the southward. In fact, hom the parallel w c 
Bubalus lunata began to occur, Bubalus Caama began to be rare, and from our observation 
we would be justified in pronouncing that the former took in a great measure the place o t e 
latter in all the territory northward of 25° S. latitude. 
The circumstance of a species being restricted in its range, and of having its place in an at 
joining locality taken by a different one of the same genus, without there occurring at the time 
any deficiency of the food upon which the former is accustomed to feed, must e\ei a oic a 
subject of interesting reflection to the field naturalist. That many species have limfis e ) 
which they rarely extend, no one will doubt who has studied the animal productions o co 
still favourably situated for actual observation; yet few, probably, will pietend j. 0 ^ m£dll 
discovered the causes of such occurrences. Not many observers will be haidy cnoug _ 
tain that the habitat of a species is limited purely in consequence of its food bein , 
the majority must know that the substitution of one animal for another o ten 8 ' 1 ^ 
before that food fails to exist upon which the one which has ceased to occur is prone * eed 
Gan the cause then be the influence of habit? While to ascribe 
of its occurrence actually under our observation W fusion untenable when we recollected that 
it to such an influence ; but, we always found the c of observing . could not have re- 
m all probability many of the instances we had 1 PP ^ inasmuch as we had often 
suited from the power of an established hab , ^ 1 P ^ individua , 8> having a H the 
met individuals out of the favourite range o their proper domain , had pro - 
pecuharities of their kind as seen within w h therefore, neither a want of special food, 
bably been produced and reared wheie we saw 
