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and it usually does many times before the quarry is secured, or 

 runs away altogether, the hunter has all his work to do over 

 again. It is therefore only by the exercise of much patience and 

 considerable staying powers a sufficiently near approach is gained 

 for a fairly certain shot, anywhere between 200 and 400 yards; 

 nearer than the first can seldom be secured, and frequently the 

 latter is exceeded. An animal, wounded not in a vital part, or 

 with one leg broken, will often run clear out of sight and escape, 

 and it is practically useless to follow such a one as it rarely per- 

 mits a favorable opportunity for a second shot. On the plains 

 it inhabits there is no water, save what may occasionally fall in 

 showers during the brief so-called rainy season, and this antelope 

 must go practically without drinking, at all events for long 

 periods. Those we killed were in excellent condition, but like 

 all the ruminants of the country, possessed no fat whatever. 

 Swayne's Hartebeest can not be considered a game animal; there 

 is very little sport or excitement in its pursuit, and if I had not 

 needed specimens for scientific purposes, after killing one I 

 should not have cared to shoot a second. The .S"/^ stands between 

 4 and 5 feet high at the withers. Both sexes possess horns, 

 and these vary according to age, both in the extent and manner 

 of curvature. Some horns of bulls measure over 23 inches from 

 tip to tip, but the majority is much below this. The flesh is dry 

 and on account of the absence of fat is only fairly palatable. 



Madoqua swaynei (Thos.). 



Madoqua swaynei. Swayne's Dik-Dik. Native name Sakdro 

 Giiyu. 



a. $ ad. Durban. 

 b.-d. $ ad. Betteran. 

 e.-/. $ ad. Deregodleh. 

 g.-/i. $ ad. Laferug. 



/. 9 ad. South of Toyo Plain. 

 J. 9 juv. South of Toyo Plain. 

 k. 9 ad. Bodeleh. 

 /. 9 juv. Bodeleh. 

 Of the three species of pigmy antelopes inhabiting Somali-land 

 the present is the smallest. It is generally distributed, and we 

 met with it from the coast across the Haud to Ogaden. We 

 have no specimen from that land, where it seems to be supplanted 

 by the two succeeding species, but we did obtain examples a con- 

 siderable distance south of Toyo Plain, and it is probable that 



