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many places from Ahy.ssinia to the Zamhezi 



it is a l)n)\\scr and feeds 

 chiefly on twigs and leaves. The white or square-inoiithcd kind is now 

 found only in a game preserve in South Africa and on a narrow stretch of 

 territory along the west hank of the Tpper Nile. It is purely a grazer. 



In its range the square-mouthed i-hiiio offers an extraordinary e.\aini)l(' 

 of discontinuous distrihution. It was originally known from South Africa, 

 south of the /aml)ezi, and was heliexcd to exist nowhere north of that river. 

 Then, when it had heen jjractically exterminated in South Africa, it was 

 rediscovered far to the north beyond the ecjuator. In the immense <'xtent 

 of intervening territory it has ne\er heen found. 



We spent over a month in the Lado, the present liahitat of this huge 

 sluggish ungulate. We collected a good series of specimens, nine in all — 

 bulls and cows and one calf. Of course, we killed none sa\"e those abso- 

 lutely needed for scientific- j)urposes. All tcjld we saw thirty or forty 

 individuals and Kermit got some fine photographs, the first e\er taken of 

 living members of the species. Their eyesight was so dull and their brains 

 so lethargic that time and again we got within a score or so of feet and 

 watched indixiduals as long as we cared to. 



They drank at night, either at the Xile or at some pool, and then moved 

 back, grazing as they went, into the barren desolation of the dry comitry. 

 About nine o'clf)ck or thereabf)uts they lay down, usually under the scanty 

 shade of some half-leafiess thorn tree. In mid afternoon they rose and 

 grazed industriously until sundown. But as with all game, they sometimes 

 varied their ti'nes of resting, eating and drinking. Ordinarily we found the 

 bulls singly and the cow along with her calf: but occasionally three or four 

 would go together. Cow herons frequently accoiii])anied them, as they do 

 elephants and buffaloes, perching unconcernedly on their heads and bodies. 



They were not difl^icult to get as our trackers followed their trail with 

 little difficulty; and they seemed less excital)le and Ijad-tciiipcred than their 

 hook-lipped cousins, although on occasion they charge with deternn'nafion, 

 so that a certain amount of care must be exercised in dealing with them. 



