. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. ZOOLOGY 3!3 westward to the vicinity of Angola (where a closely allied form, Cobus penricei has been found), is slightly smaller than the common waterbuck. The waterbucks of Crawshay and Penrice differ from the common species in the following points :—The horns are smaller and less incurved, the rump is yellow white instead of being a mere white streak sandwiched between two patches of dun colour. Penrice's waterbuck differs from Crawshay's ve
. British Central Africa; an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence north of the Zambezi. Natural history. ZOOLOGY 3!3 westward to the vicinity of Angola (where a closely allied form, Cobus penricei has been found), is slightly smaller than the common waterbuck. The waterbucks of Crawshay and Penrice differ from the common species in the following points :—The horns are smaller and less incurved, the rump is yellow white instead of being a mere white streak sandwiched between two patches of dun colour. Penrice's waterbuck differs from Crawshay's very slightly if at all. The known specimens, however, are slightly larger and rather blacker in colour and the horns are proportionately shorter. The common waterbuck is extremely hairy especially about the neck, the female being in my opinion even hairier than the male. She bears an extraordinarily superficial resemblance to the hind of a large species of deer. These animals have such a. MALE WATERBUCK [Cobus eilipsiprymnus} strong coarse smell (something like that of a goat) that the natives say they can often smell them before they see them. In going through the Elephant Marsh with natives they have suddenly commenced sniffing the air and declared that waterbuck were near, and they have been usually right. From this cause and also because it is coarse and tough in grain, the meat of the waterbuck is not at all liked by Europeans, though I have found the flesh of the female and of the young ones just tolerable when well cooked. The Puku is not found in Nyasaland proper, but it is fairly abundant in the country west of the Nyasa watershed from Lake Mweru southwards, and at the south end of Lake Tanganyika. This animal is considerably smaller than the common waterbuck. It is a bright chestnut yellow in colour and does not assume the grey tint so characteristic of the larger waterbucks. Mr. Sharpe states that it is still found in enormous herds about the river Luapula and in th
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