Big Game Shooting, volume 1 (of 2)

by Clive Phillipps-Wolley

Zebras, wart-hogs, &c. may be stalked in the same manner as antelopes.

The following is a complete list of the antelopes at present known to exist in British East Africa:—

Antelopes, from the sportsman’s point of view, can be divided into two kinds: those which frequent the open plains, and those which are found in the bush. The antelopes coming under the first head would include the

1. Eland (Oreas canna Livingstonei).

2. Wildebeest, white-throated (Connochætes taurinus albajubatus).

3. Hartebeest, Coke’s (Bubalis Cokei).

4. Hartebeest, Lichtenstein’s (Bubalis Lichtensteini). The B. leucoprymnus of Dr. Matschi.

5. Hartebeest, Jackson’s (Bubalis Jacksoni).

6. ‘Topi’ (Damalis senegalensis). The D. jimela of Dr. Matschi.