. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 3r4 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA closely related Cobus lechwe. A smaller Cobus closely allied to the Puku has recently been discovered in the Senga country (Luangwa Valley) by Mr. Crawshay and has been described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas under the designa- tion of Cobus senganus. In colour it is said to be rather darker than the Puku. The Lechwe waterbuck is one of the most water-loving antelopes known, though it must be admitted that it is some degree
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. 3r4 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA closely related Cobus lechwe. A smaller Cobus closely allied to the Puku has recently been discovered in the Senga country (Luangwa Valley) by Mr. Crawshay and has been described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas under the designa- tion of Cobus senganus. In colour it is said to be rather darker than the Puku. The Lechwe waterbuck is one of the most water-loving antelopes known, though it must be admitted that it is some degrees less aquatic than Speke's Tragelaph which has been longer at this mode of life and has there- fore developed very remarkably extended hoofs. The Lechwe though having slightly longer hoofs than in the other forms of Cobus, does not present any very striking development of the foot for life in the water, except thatlat the. 1 VVATERBUC back of the toes, between the false and the big hoofs, there is a naked place not covered with hair. Mr. Sharpe and other observers relate that the Puku and Lechwe constantly associate together in large herds. Up to the present time the range of the Lechwe does not seem to extend farther north than Lake Mweru, nor farther east than the watershed of Lake Nyasa. Amongst other heterodox opinions I hold that the Hippotragine section of antelopes, including the Oryxes, was developed from a form of waterbuck. This would appear to be absurd to anyone who merely looked at the commoner forms of Cobus ; but that remarkable and most beautiful antelope, Mrs. Gray's Waterbuck {Cobus marid) of the White Nile irresistibly suggests in the shape of its horns and the coloration of the face an approach to the Equine antelopes which again have given rise to the Addax and to the four species of Oryx. The Hippotragine or Equine antelopes are represented in British Central. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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