GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 
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The oddities do not stop here, but are found in the markings of the 
entire body. The sides of the head and neck are deep purple-chocolate, 
the back and shoulders bluish-white, as if glazed. Brown flanks and 
loins with a white belly and legs brown outside and white within, 
yellowish-red chest and croup and a brown and white tail complete the 
picture of this remarkably handsome antelope. Large herds are found 
in the plains of the interior, often at salt deposits. 
The Bontebok. —A rather larger species of antelope than the 
preceding is the bontebok or pied antelope. However, it bears a close 
resemblance to the blesbok in point of shape, being equally robust, 
hump-backed and broad-nosed and possessed of the same fine venerable 
old-goatish expression, but it is more remarkably piebald, the legs 
being perfectly white and the horns -black, instead of being light 
colored. The two animals have in common a broad blaze down the 
face, a glazed, bluish-white back having the appearance of a saddle 
and fiery-red eyes. The horns are placed vertically on the summit of 
the head and both species alike invariably scour against the wind with 
their noses close to the ground. This fact adds a little to their danger 
from sportsmen as it is only necessary to get “up wind” on sighting 
them and patiently wait until they come within range. African 
breezes are fickle things however, and a change of wind means a quick 
scenting of the strange presence and a mad rush for safety. 
The Pallah.— Forest lands and green and shady river-bank 
groves are often inhabited by forest-loving antelopes. One of the 
most graceful of these is the pallah with its knotted and queerly twisted 
horns of extraordinary size. Shy and capricious in its habits, the 
elegance of its form and the delicate finish of its limbs are unrivaled. 
The pallah stands very high on its legs, and moves with extreme grace. 
The color of the upper part of the body, the head and the neck, is deep- 
saffron or tawny. The-sides and hinder parts are a yellowish-dun and 
the belly white. The pallah is gregarious in small herds and is chiefly 
found on the thinly wooded banks of rivers. 
The Bush-Buck. —An animal varying somewhat from the 
typical structure of true antelopes, is the bush-buck or boschbok, which 
more nearly assumes that of the goat. Its horns are black, about 
twelve inches long, erect and spirally shaped. The general color of 
