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feet together on an area which might be covered by a very small saucer. The 
fur has a curious brittle, shiny appearance, as though the hairs were thickening 
into spines. The Oribi of British Central Africa is Ourebia hastata and also 
comes from the Portuguese province of Mozambique. 
The Reedbuck of British Central Africa is a large animal of the genus 
Cervicapra. The variety found in the Mweru district has a well marked black 
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patch on the crown between the horns. 1 I have sometimes thought that,the 
Reedbucks (which I illustrate on next page) found at the north end of Nyasa 
were exceptionally large. The drawings made are from specimens shot by 
myself in 1889. At the time the beasts were killed I almost thought that they 
were a small species of Cobus antelope, a genus into which Cervicapra insensibly 
melts. The Reedbuck is good eating and ranks next to the Bushbuck as 
1 So states Mr. Oldfield Thomas in his paper on the mammals of British Central Africa ; he further 
says that similar patches have been noticed in South African specimens. 
