wildebeesten

The wildebeesten were scarce just there; appearing only by twos and threes; with now and then a solitary bull who, after pawing the grass and grunting distant defiance,[…]When first they started off he burst into song, no doubt a hymn to his own prowess—an epic upon the fate of wildebeesten he had slain in the past or a challenge to the one he hoped to get the range of that day.[…]As one ostrich to a farmer is worth a wilderness of wildebeesten, it was something to get sore over.

1905, Reginald Fenton, Peculiar People in a Pleasant Land: A South African Narrative, pages 107 and 157

[…]2nd, or, two black wildebeesten in full course at random proper;[…]introduced into heraldry from the colonies, such as the moose and reindeer from Canada, the wildebeesten and oryx from South Africa.

1900, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry, pages 286 and 329

Azure in front of Mountains and on a Plain two Black Wildebeesten in full course at random all proper.

1910, Arms, H.M. Stationery Office, page 40

Licences to shoot 15 wildebeesten were challenged on audit as the fees, amounting to £7 10s. had not been accounted for.

1917, Finance Accounts (including Trust, Housing Loan and Village Water Supply Accounts), Teachers’ Pension and Provident Funds Accounts and Appropriation Accounts, with the Provincial Auditor’s Reports Thereon, Natal, Audit Office, page 18

The second is gold, and thereon are two black wildebeesten at full gallop.[…]Thus, the Cape of Good Hope has the first quarter, Natal has the wildebeesten, the Orange Free State the orange tree, and the Transvaal the trek waggon.

1933, W[illiam] J[ohn] Gordon, V[incent] Wheeler-Holohan, A Manual of Flags, Incorporating Flags of the World, pages 62–63