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boiled meat minced together might adhere to its sticky tongue better 

 than raw meat. The change was greatly appreciated and the pangolin 

 ate tremendously for a time, then dropped back to about a cupful 

 each night, a quantity which seems extraordinarily little for an ani- 

 mal of its size. It frequently protruded its long wormlike tongue 

 through the wire screening of its cage and it drank water by putting 

 its tongue into it continually. It spent much time in clawing at 

 its cage in an endeavor to escape. The species also occurs at 

 Manyoni. 



BUBALIS COEEI subspecies 

 COKE'S HARTEBEEST 



Native names. — Bwindu (Chigogo); Kongoni (Kiswahili). 



As, the Wagogo always assert that hartebeest do not occur in Ugogo 

 I was surprised to see a solitary specimen some 3 miles north of Muk- 

 wese (near Manyoni). I obtained a clear view at 200 yards distance. 



CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS HECKI Neamann 



WHITE-BEARDED GNU 



Native names. — Nghongolo (for wildebeest in Chigogo) ; Nyumbu 

 (Kiswahili) . 



The four young animals which Doctor Mann's party captured at 

 Mbulu, Arusha, were transported in safety'by Chrysler car to Dodoma 

 at the end of May. A month later one of them succumbed to erup- 

 tions from which it was suffering at the time of its capture; the others 

 all survived. They were fed on grass, usually rather too dry, and 

 this was varied by potato tops during the last month. All attempts 

 to get them to take mealie meal either with or without milk failed 

 for some time. Doctor Mann soon discovered their liking for Quaker 

 Oats and so they were given two tins of this daily for a long time. 

 Later we tried mixing maize meal with it; at first they refused the 

 combination, then sought to select the oats, but eventually took to 

 eating the mixture, which by very gradual degrees, extending over a 

 month, was so altered that finally the oats were entirely eliminated 

 and the animals took the mealie flour neat. At first they drank two 

 whole washbasins of milk daily, but as they grew older they took 

 more water and less milk. The ailing animal liked having its head 

 rubbed and would approach me to be fondled, but the other three 

 resented all overtures, characteristically kicking up their heels and 

 bounding away. 



Ticks {RMpicepTialus appendiculatus) were found on the ears of one 

 of these wildebeest. 



Measurements of a young male were 453^ inches, lOj^ inches, 15 

 inches, 7 inches. 



