ANTELOPES. 
3 2 3 
Korigum. 
antelope ran away, that I noticed they were new to me. They ran with rather 
a heavy gallop, like a hartebeest. We did not come across these antelopes again 
for some days, but then met with them in large numbers and got several specimens. 
They seemed to me to have more vitality than any other antelope I ever killed. 
This species certainly does not extend down to the coast, but we saw them as far 
as the farthest point we reached (about 
two hundred and fifty miles) up the river, 
at a place called Mussa.” 
Ranging across Central 
Africa, from Senegal on the 
west to Southern Somaliland on the east, 
is the korigum or Senegal antelope ( B . 
senegalensis), in which the comparatively 
short horns are regularly lyrate, ringed 
nearly to their tips, and curving back¬ 
wards without any distinct angulation. 
This species is represented in the right 
upper corner of the illustration on p. 317. 
The face is only of moderate length, and 
the withers (as in the sassabi) are not 
greatly higher than the rump. The face 
has a broad black band, extending from 
the root of the horns to the nose. 
Better known than the 
Sassabi. 
last is the nearly - allied 
sassabi or bastard hartebeest ( B. lunata), 
widely distributed in South Africa as far 
north as the Zambesi. The horns, which 
seldom exceed 12 inches in length, diverge 
widely from their bases, and are then 
inclined inwards and upwards, without 
any angulation. The general colour of 
the coarse fur is dark purplish red, becom¬ 
ing almost black along the back, and with 
a broad blackish mark down the face. In height the animal stands about 3 feet 
10 inches, and has horns ranging from 13 to 151- inches in length. Mr. Selous 
states that the sassabi “ is never found in hilly country or in thick jungle, but 
frequents the open downs that are quite free from bush, or else open forest-country 
in which treeless glades are to be met with. On the Mababi flat at the end of the 
dry season large herds of these animals congregate together, and I have often seen, 
I am sure, several hundreds of them at once. They are without exception the 
fleetest and most enduring antelope in South Africa.” In regard to sassabi-hunting, 
Mr. Drummond observes that “ I do not consider them a difficult animal to shoot 
for a good rifle-shot, as standing chances at from one hundred and fifty to two 
hundred yards are easy to obtain, and they will often allow one to walk up to 
within that distance in full view before even attempting to take to flight, while, 
HEAD OP THE KORIGUM OR SENEGAL ANTELOPE. 
(From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1890.) 
