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CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

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TITLEPAGE i

DEDICATION iii

PREFACE v

CONTENTS xi

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT xvii

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xxi

INTRODUCTION 1

Subfamily I. BUBALIDINÆ 3

Genus I. BUBALIS 5

1. THE BUBAL. Bubalis buselaphus (Pall.). [Plate I.] 7

2. THE WEST-AFRICAN BUBAL. B. major (Blyth) 11

3. THE TORA. B. tora (Gray) 15

4. SWAYNE’S HARTEBEEST. B. swaynei, Scl. [Plate II.] 21

5. COKE’S HARTEBEEST. B. cokei (Günth.). [Plate III.] 27

6. THE CAPE HARTEBEEST. B. caama (G. Cuv.). [Plate IV.] 33

7. JACKSON’S HARTEBEEST. B. jacksoni, Thos 39

8. LICHTENSTEIN’S HARTEBEEST. B. lichtensteini (Peters). [Plate V.] 45

Genus II. DAMALISCUS 51

9. HUNTER’S ANTELOPE. Damaliscus hunteri (Scl.). [Plate VI.] 53

10. THE KORRIGUM. D. korrigum (Ogilb.). [Plate VII.] 59

11. THE TIANG. D. tiang (Heugl.) 63

12. THE TOPI. D. jimela (Matsch.) 67

13. THE BONTEBOK. D. pygargus (Pall.). [Plate VIII] 73

14. THE BLESSBOK. D. albifrons (Burch.). [Plate IX.] 79

15. THE SASSABY. D. lunatus (Burch.). [Plate X.] 85

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