THE COUNTRY AND ITS HISTORY 15 



the very aberrant wart-hog and the common domestic pig 

 or wild boar. The pig has been named Hylochxrus mi- 

 nertzhageni, and since its discovery, in 1904, several complete 

 specimens have been secured from the Wandorobo. Mi- 

 nertzhagen further secured, near Kenia, a new species of 

 oribi, Ourebia kenyce, the range of which is confined to a 

 small tract of country skirting the southeast base of the 

 mountain. 



The British Museum sent in 1905 a natural-history 

 expedition to the Ruwenzori Range. The territory cov- 

 ered by the expedition was confined to the slopes of the 

 mountain, where no large game was encountered, but where 

 many new species of small mammals, birds, insects, and 

 plants were secured. 



The Smithsonian African Expedition, under the direc- 

 tion of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, made collections of 

 large-game animals in British East Africa, Uganda, and the 

 upper Nile districts during 1909 and 1910. The chief object 

 of the expedition was the collecting of specimens of all of 

 the game animals occurring in the territory traversed. 

 Among the specimens secured by the expedition were a 

 new subspecies of sable antelope, Egocerus niger rooseveltiy 

 and three new races of hartebeest; a Nile race of lelwel, 

 roosevelti, a Rift Valley race of cokei, nakur<z, and also a 

 highland form, kongoni. In addition, several new species 

 of smaller antelopes were distinguished in the collec- 

 tion as well as a large number of small mammals and 

 birds. 



During the past eight years large numbers of sportsmen 

 have shot over the game fields of British East Africa. 

 The highland region is, without doubt, the best-known big- 



