DUIKER, or DUYKER, or doi'16•r (Dutch, diver). (1) One of the small African antelopes or doikerboks of the genus (.'ephalolo phus. often. but confusingly. called buslibucks by Eng! ish residents and sportsmen: especially Cephatotoithus Grimtni. They abound in for ested and bushy distriets, moving about in small Inirties, leaping among the rocks dodging into and through the thickets with surprising agility, while their plain colors render them practically invisible when quiet. All have very convex foreheads, and very large eyes and ears. between which, in both sexes. rise two little spike horns. and a median tuft of stiff hairs. All the antelopes feed largely on berries and small fruits. and their flesh has an excellent flavor. The typical species known in the North as deloo is very CO111111011 in southwest Africa. It is about 2t; inches high. variable in color, and often tamed as a pet. The redhuck of Natal differs mainly in its reddish hay color. The Natal jungles also contain the diminutive blue buck or pygmy antelope (Oephalolophus monti coin), which is the smallest of the score or more of specks in this genus, standing only 13 inches high; they "are smaller and lighter in build than a hare, and anc of a bluish mouse-color." The
hegoleh or madoqua (Cephalolophus Abyssini ens) of Abyssinia: the philantomba (('eplvaiolo plumes .11n.nrelli) of Sierra Leone; the wood ante lope of the west coast (Cephaloloph us sylrieul tor) : and the zebra antelope (Cephalolophi(8 dorifr), also of West Africa. are notable species —the last-named of large size and golden-brown in color, striped with black bands across the back and loins. Consult: Sehweinfurth. Heart of Af•iea (Leipzig. 1878), and other books of African exploration; also. Randall, Proceedings Zo;:logical Roeirt y of London (London. 1895), See Colored Plate of A NTELOPES. ( 2) In South Africa. a diving bird, as a cormorant or the darter (!'lotus Leraillanti). the latter illustrated in the Plate of FISHING Bums.