ART. 17 EAST AFKICAN VERTEBRATES LOVERIDGE 27 



STREPSICEROS STREPSICEROS BEA Heller 

 EAST AFRICAN GREATER KUDU 



Native names. — Sichilo (Chigogo); Tandalla (Kiswahili). 



Mr. George Kunton captured two well-grown but still hornless male 

 kudu at Kondoa Irangi. While one of these animals was on the way 

 from Kondoa to Dodoma it was scared by a passing car and -sprang 

 out through the wooden end of its cage carrying all before it. Its 

 cage was in the box body of the car at the time and the kudu made 

 good its escape. The other fed on shrubs and potato tops, but as 

 far as I could see did not touch grass. 



This fine antelope is still fairly common quite close to Dodoma, 

 herds being seen by me on several occasions. While their spoor was 

 plentiful at Mukwese, only one animal was seen. 



TAUROTRAGUS ORYX PATTERSONIANUS Lydekker 



EAST AFRICAN ELAND 



Native names. — Mhogologo (Chigogo); Pofu (Kjswahili). 



A fine young animal was obtained at Kizimbi by F. G. Carnochan. 

 It took six bottles of milk every day — two in the morning, two at 

 noon, and two at night. It began to eat earl}' in August. A herd 

 of eland in charge of a magnificent bull were seen one afternoon at 

 Mukwese. 



GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS TIPPELSKIRCHI Matschie 



GIRAFFE 



Native names. — Nhwigga (Chigogo); Twigga (Kiswahili). 



Measurements of adult female, 13 feet 3 inches, 2 feet \0}/2 inches, 

 4 feet 8^ inches. Saranda. When proceeding up country on May 

 10, 1926, many young giraffe were seen on Mkata plains. At Muk- 

 wese a solitary female and calf were met with in thorn bush and 

 half a dozen adults with two yearling calves were encountered in an 

 "mbugwe." It was at Saranda, however, that I saw the finest lot of 

 calves I have ever seen. Mr. Robbie took me out to the acacia flats 

 on the evening of my arrival and pointed out a herd some 400 yards 

 away. We approached to within 200 yards and were watching them 

 with glasses across a perfectly open "mbugwe" when a wart hog, 

 totally unconscious of our presence, trotted past within 50 yards. 

 The giraffe were a wonderful sight — 15 or 20 of them and only 1 

 large bull. Several unaccompanied females strolled past, feeding as 

 they went. They were followed by some of last year's young, then 

 several more females accompanied by young ones only 6 feet high. 

 The bull came last but two; the laggards were a yearling and a this 

 year's calf. The variety of coloring was very striking, one young one 

 being nearly white; on others the markings were reddish, while on 



