260 NATURAL SCIENGE, APRIL, 
mammals of the Kilima-njaro district, though no attempt was made 
to form a scientific collection. In the vicinity of what is well 
termed the ‘‘hunter’s paradise” of Taveta, situated at an elevation 
of about 2,400 feet on the south-eastern slope of the great moun- 
tain, antelopes and other large ‘“‘ game-animals’’ were abundant. 
Speaking of one of his excursions from their headquarters, Sir John 
Willoughby says: ‘* The grassy plain through which we marched 
was simply crawling with hundreds of: Gazella granti, Wildbeest, 
Hartebeest, and Zebra.” At that time, ‘‘any amount of game” 
was to be seen there, although these days are, we fear, already past 
and gone for ever. During their four months’ stay in this earthly 
paradise, some 350 head of large ‘‘game’’ were obtained, amongst 
which were no less than 66 Rhinoceroses. The most abundant 
Antelopes in the district appear to have been the Coke’s Hartebeest 
(Bubalts coket), the Grant’s Gazelle (Gazella granti), the Mpallah 
(Aepyceros melampus), and the Waterbuck (Cobus ellipsiprymuus). 
The Hartebeest was ‘‘ quite the most common Antelope on the 
plains, being found everywhere in immense herds.” Grant’s Gazelle,, 
perhaps the finest species of this beautiful group, was also ‘‘ common 
everywhere on the open plains,” one male being accompanied by as 
many as from ten to fifteen females. The Mpallah is stated to be 
abundant in the bush as well as on the plains, and the Waterbuck to 
be ‘‘found everywhere near the rivers and marshes.” Of other 
Antelopes met with by these fortunate sportsmen, we find the Eland 
(Taurotragus oveas) mentioned as ‘‘rather local.” Both males and 
females in this district are more or less striped. The large Kudu 
(Stvepsiceros kudu) was only seen on two or three occasions, and the 
Lesser Kudu (S. auberbis), though found in the bush near Taveta, is 
not common. 
A very charming species, of which Sir Robert Harvey and his. 
party were, I believe, the first to obtain perfect specimens, is Thom- 
son’s Gazelle, discovered by Mr. Joseph Thomson during his journey 
through Masailand in 1883, and discriminated by Dr. Ginther froma 
pair of horns. This handsome little Gazelle was ‘found in large 
numbers in the plains to the south-west of the mountain, and occa- 
sionally mixed with herds of Gazella granti. Another graceful 
Antelope, ‘‘plentiful on the plains, and in thin thorny bush near 
Taveta,’’ was the Oryx of the district. In his notes on the animals 
met with, Mr. Hunter refers to this Oryx as the Beisa (Oryx bevsa); 
but, as has been recently shown by Mr. Thomas (6), the Oryx of 
Kilima-njaro is not the true Beisa, but an allied species, distinguished 
by its pencilled ears and different markings. Altogether, examples of 
sixteen species of Antelopes were obtained by Sir John Willoughby 
and his friends in the vicinity of Taveta, besides one or two others 
observed or heard of. At that epoch also the Giraffe and Zebra were 
very common in the plains near Taveta, and the Elephant was found in 
the forest of Kilima-njaro. Mr. Hunter’s Appendix to ‘ East Africa 
