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Show 1881.] MR. K. C. SELOUS ON AFRICAN ANTELOPES. 763 of rock, as they bound up the sides of rocks that appear as steep the side of a house. The coat of the Klipspringer is very peculiar, each separate hair being hollow. It makes excellent padding for saddles, being very light and elastic. 18. CEPHALOPHUS MERGENS. (Duiker of the Dutch and English ; Puti of the Bechuanas; Impunzi of the Amandebele ; Pemb-gee of the Makalakas ; Unsa of the Masubias and Makubas ; Insea of the Batongas ; Goo-wah of the Masaras.) Wherever I have been, both north and south of the Zambesi, except in districts devoid of bush or covered with steep rocky hills, I have met with this Antelope. I have, however, only met with one species, though different individuals vary very much in colour, even though shot in the same district. Some skins are of a greenish colour, others of a reddish brown; and some that I shot on the borders of the Kalahari had less white about the belly than those I obtained further to the north-east. The longest pair of Duiker horns I have seen measured 5 inches in length, the usual length being 3 or 4 inches. They are ringed at the base. Although the females are almost always hornless, I have met with three examples bearing horns. One I shot myself on the Shashi in September 1876 ; another was shot by Mr. Thomas Ay res in May 1880, near the junction of the Marico and Limpopo rivers, and a third by Mr. Edward Sefton near Zeerust in the Transvaal. 19. ALCELAPHUS CAAMA. (Hartebeesl of the Dutch and English ; Khama of the Bechuanas ; Ingama of the Makalakas ; Khama (with a click) of the Masaras.) The range of this Antelope is very similar to that of the Gemsbuck. It is still found in Griqualand West, in some parts being fairly plentiful. All along the eastern border of the Kalahari desert it is also to be found, and extends as far east as the river Serule on the road from Bamangwato to Tati. In the neighbourhood of the saltpans lying between the Botletlie river and the road from Bamangwato to the Zambesi it is very plentiful and may be met with in large herds. It does not, however, extend its range to the north of these saltpans, and is unknown in all the country between the Chobe and Mababe rivers, as it is also in the Matabele and Mashuna countries. It is very fleet and enduring, and only second in these particulars to the Tsessebe. 20. ALCELAPHUS LICHTENSTEINI. (Konze of the Masubias ; Inkulanondo of the Mashunas.) This Antelope I only met with on the open downs of the Manica plateau, north of the Zambesi. As I have only seen the horns of the Inkulanondo (which exists in the neighbourhood of the river Sabi, in South-eastern Mashuna land, and in Unzeilas country), it may not turn out to be identical with the Konze, though Sir 49* |