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UNGULATES. 
Sing-Sing. 
Other Species. 
reedbuck, they do not appear to leave the lowlands in the rains, but keep to the 
plains all the year round. The water-buck is less difficult to stalk than the 
reitbok, but its flesh is so coarse and stringy as to be almost uneatable. 
The sing-sing (C. defassa), from Western and Central Africa, 
which stands 3 feet 10 inches at the shoulder, differs from the 
water-buck by its fine and soft hair, and the presence of a continuous whitish 
patch on the buttocks, which does not rise above the level of the rest of the tail; 
while there is no white gorget. The horns do not exceed 27f inches in length, or 
a fraction over. The sunu (G. leucotis), from Uganda, is another large species, 
distinguished by the blackish colour of its fur, and the white ears, rings round the 
eyes, and under-parts. The horns are relatively long and thin, reaching from 17 
to nearly 20 inches in length. 
The remaining species are of smaller size, and distinguished by 
their more reddish or foxy-coloured hair. It is probably to one of 
these smaller species that the species of Cobus found in the Pliocene rocks of 
Northern India is allied. The West 
and East African mquitun (C. cob ) 
is a much smaller animal than the 
under - mentioned lichi, and has 
shorter horns, coming more for¬ 
wards. It has a relatively shorter 
tail than the water-buck, and is of 
a general pale reddish-brown colour, 
with white on the inner sides of 
the ears, the under-parts, the inner 
surfaces of the limbs, the tip of the 
tail, and a ring round each fetlock. 
Good horns vary in length from 17 
to 18 inches. This is one of the few 
antelopes that range across Africa, 
occurring both in Uganda and in 
Gambia. 
The lichi {C. leclie ) and the 
puku (C. vctrdoni), are two allied 
species from South Central Africa, 
both of which were discovered by 
Livingstone. The puku is about 
the size of the pala, standing some 
3 feet 3 inches at the shoulder; its hair is of a uniform foxy-red colour, with 
the tips of the ears black, and black markings down the front of the fore-legs. 
The horns are rather small, without much forward curvature, and with the rings 
not extending so high up as in the lichi; their length varying from 13 to 16, and 
in one instance reaching 19 inches. The puku is a plumply-built animal, with 
a very erect carriage; and its horns may attain a length of 16 inches along the 
curve. The lichi is distinguished by its superior size, less erect carriage, and the 
completely fawn-coloured ears of the adult; the general colour being pale brown, 
the puku. —After Livingstone. 
