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UNGULATES. 
feverish nature of their haunts, comparatively few are killed by Europeans. The 
ground-colour of the female’s fur is reddish, 
west African The third species is the West African harnessed antelope 
Harnessed (T. gratus), from the Camerun mountains and the Gabun district, of 
Antelope. w pi c ] 1 the head is figured in the accompanying woodcut. This 
antelope agrees with the last in 
having white spots on the head and 
stripes on the body, but differs 
from all those yet noticed in the 
extreme elongation of the main 
hoofs, which are evidently specially 
adapted for walking on swampy 
ground. The lateral hoofs, more¬ 
over, which in most of the fore¬ 
going species are extremely small, 
are in this antelope large and 
elongated. The male stands about 
31 feet at the shoulder; and is 
characterised by the absence of a 
fringe of long hair on the throat, 
and the dark olive tint of the coat. 
In the female the ground-colour 
of the fur is bright rufous, orna¬ 
mented, as in the male, with white 
spots on the face and stripes on 
the body. The horns of the male 
are generally about 18 or 19 inches 
in length, 
measured in a straight 
HEAD OF WEST AFRICAN HARNESSED ANTELOPE. 
(From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1883.) 
Nakong. 
line. Little or nothing appears to 
be known as to the habits of this 
species in its wild state, but several 
examples have been exhibited in 
the Zoological Gardens at Amster¬ 
dam, where they have bred. 
The last of the four large species of harnessed antelopes is the 
nakong or sititunga (T. spekei), of the swamps of Central and South- 
Central, and East Africa. This species, while agreeing with the last in its elongated 
hoofs, differs from all those yet noticed in its perfectly uniform greyish brown 
colour. The young are, however, faintly striped and spotted. The hair is longer 
and more silky than that of the others; and the smooth, slender, and strongly- 
ridged horns form nearly two complete turns, and thus approximate to those of the 
kudu. The height of the male is 3 feet 7 inches. Mr. Selous states that the 
longest horns he met with measured 25 inches in a straight line, but a pair of 27 
inches has been subsequently recorded. Like the other members of the genus, the 
nakong goes in pairs, and is never found in herds. Mr. Selous observes that he 
once saw a female nakong “ standing breast-deep in the water, in the midst of a 
