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excoriation. It is said to have been given intornally in France 

 and Germany with some success as a remedy for rheumatism, but 

 its offensive odour is a great drawback to its use as a medicinal agent. 

 The chloride, which has no smell and little taste, has been suggested 

 as the most convenient form for administration. 



NOTES ON THE MAMMALIA OF SOMALI LAND. 



By J. D. IxVERARITY. 



(Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 1st 

 September, 1891.) 



With Six Plates. 



There is a considerable variety of animal life in the Somali country,, 

 and it is the object of these notes to give a short account of the animals 

 I met with in two sporting expeditions I made there. The first, in 

 1889, was cut short at the end of a fortnight by a misadventure, the 

 second, in 1890, occupied two months. 



In the part of the country I was in there was no agriculture whatever. 

 The different tribes are nomads and wander about their respective 

 territories with their flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle and 

 camels to wherever they find pasture. The presence of these flocks is* 

 detrimental to sport among the antelopes, but on the other hand they 

 are a source of attraction to the lion, and I found that the best ground 

 for lions was in the neighbourhood of Somali encampments. 



I was fortunate in getting good specimens of almost all the- 

 animals which are found within a hundred miles of the coast. They 

 comprised the following : — 



English name. 



1. Gazella walleri | Waller's Gazelle 



2.' Gazella sosmmerringiiJ Soemmerring's Gazelle 



3. Gazella naso 



4. Neotragus sp. 



5. Strepsiceros kudu .... 



6. Strepsiceros imberbis. 



7. Oryx beisa 



8. Oreotragus saltatrix . 



Gazelle 



Sand Antelope . 



Koodoo 



Lesser Koodoo. 



Oryx 



Klipspringer 



9. Equus(asinus)somalicus Wild Ass 



10. Phacochoerus sp. 



11. Hyaena crocuta 



12. Hyaena striata... 



13. Felisleo 



Wart Hog 



Spotted Hyaena 

 Striped Hyaena 

 Lion 



Somali name. 



Gerenook. 

 Awal. 

 Dhero. 

 Dik-Dik. 

 Godir. 

 Anderio. 

 •Berid. 

 Alakud. 



Duber, Dibhuded. 

 Dophur. 

 Waraba. 

 Lidder. 

 Libah, 



