BUSH ANTELOPE, Bumf Bum and Bran GOAT, names common to a number of species of antelope (q.v.), natives chiefly of the southern and western parts of Africa, forming a section of the genus antilope, which some naturalists have attempted to erect into a distinct genus (nhilatomba or cephalopus). They are animals of more compact form, shorter limbs, and greater strength, but much less agility, than the true or typical antelopes. They are remarkable for the arched form of the back. They have short, straight, or slightly curved horns, situated far back, and generally peculiar to the male sex, with usually a long tuft of hair between them. They have no tear-pits, but instead of them, a naked glandular line, formed of two series of pores, on each cheek. They frequent jungles, thick forests, and beds of reeds, and when pursued, seek to escape by diving into a thicket. The common or white-backed B. A. of Sierra Leone (anti
lope sylcicultria.) is about 3 ft. high at the shoulder; it is a dull, heavy, awkward-looking animal; keeps concealed in the thickets during the day, living singly or in pairs, and feeds in the open spaces in the early mornings only. To shoot it, sportsmen place them selves on the margin of the woods, and watch their opportunity as it comes out to graze. Its flesh is more esteemed than that of the more agile antelopes. Nearly 20 other species are usually ranked in this section of antelopes, among which is the kleene boc (antilope pygnuro) of s. Africa, a species abundant in many parts of Cape Colony, of very small size, not more than one foot in height at the shoulder, and with horns only about 14 in. in length. It is a timid, gentle animal, easily domesticated. It differs from the typical bush antelopes in the great activity which it displays.