,8,,. THE ANTELOPES OF SOMALTLAND. 265 



In Southern Somali-land, as already shown, other species also 

 occur, the most conspicuous of which, as yet known, is perhaps the 

 newly-discovered Hunter's Antelope. Another fine and interesting 

 species to be met with in the southern districts of Somali-land 

 is the Senegal Antelope {Bitbalis senegalensis), which appears to 

 extend from Senegal all across Central Africa up to the Eastern 

 Coast/^ It has been obtained by several naturalists on Formosa 

 Bay, and northwards as far as Kisamoyo. Sir John Kirk tells me he 

 found it abundant on the open plains of the former locality. Grant's 

 Gazelle and other species are likewise stated to occur on the northern 

 bank of the River Tana ; '7 but we require much further information 

 about the fauna of this district before a correct list of its Antelopes 

 can be made. There can, however, be no question, I think, that, 

 as regards Antelopes, the fauna of Somali-land is more rich and 

 more varied than that of any other portion of the ^Ethiopian Region, 

 and it seems highly probable that further discoveries have yet to be 

 made before our knowledge of this interesting subject can be deemed 

 complete. 



P. L. SCLATER. 



1" Proc. Zool. Soc , 1890, p. 354. 



Willoughby's " East Africa and its Big Game," p. 283. 



