-»^ Gazelles and Dwarf Antelopes 



quick in finding sufficient fresh vegetation to satisfy 

 their appetites. 



So far it has been found impossible to keep this 

 animal in captivity, even in Africa, much less to convey 

 it as far as Europe. Like the wonderful Kilimanjaro white- 

 tailed guereza (Colobiis caitdaius), this gazelle seems 

 to be unable to thrive except in surroundings for which 

 no kind of efficient substitute can be devised. Menges. 

 a great expert in this kind of thing, tried to preserve 

 it in Somaliland, but in vain. Personally, I attribute 

 the faikire of all attempts at keeping gerenuk gazelles in 

 captivity above all things to unsatisfied longings for com- 

 panionship. It would be well first of all to provide friends 

 for these prisoners in the shape of goats. 



Among antelopes similar in size to the gerenuk gazelles 

 we find the reedbuck, which are widely distributed. 

 Reedbuck have two very different haunts — the marshy 

 plains and the hills, and they vary accordingly ; but a 

 bald spot and a gland imder the ear are common to 

 all types. A very beautiful inhabitant of the hilly districts 

 is the Masai mountain-reedbuck {Cervicapra chanleri), 

 which is absolutely different, both as regards appearance 

 and habits, from the reedbuck found lower down. 



About the time of my first visit to Africa the 

 American traveller Chanler found a long-haired grey 

 reedbuck in British East Africa whose habitat was on 

 the mountains. 



The first to find and bring home this beautiful species 

 from German East Africa was myself. It is a near 

 relative of the South African red reedbuck iyCei'vicapra 



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