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Antelopes. 



Greater Kudu {Strepsiceros hudu). Somali godir, ghorialeh. Length of 

 horn on curve, 50|^ inches ; length of horn straight, 36 j inches ; round base of 

 horn, 10| inches. 



Lesser Kudu * {S. imberbis). Somali arreh godir. Length of horn on curve, 

 27J inches. 



Oryx {Oryx beisa). Somali be^id. Length of horn, 33| inches, f 



Swayne's Hartebeest {Bubalis Swaynei). Somali sig. Length of horn, 

 17| inches. 



Si)eke's Gazelle {Gazella Spekei). Somali dhero. Length of horn, 10| 

 inches. 



Pelzeln's Gazelle {G, Pelzelni). Somali dhero. Length of horn, 12 inches. 



Sommering's Gazelle (0. Sommeringi). Somali aoul. Length of horn, 

 20|^ inches. 



Waller's Gazelle {Lithocrankis Walleri). Somali gerenul\ Length of 

 horn, 14 inches. 



Clarke's GazeUe (Ammodorcas Clarkei). SomaU dibatag. Length of 

 horn, 10| inches. 



Klipspringer {Oreotragus saltator somalicus), Somali alah'it. Length of 

 horn, 3J inches, 



Phillips' Dik-dik {Madoqua Phillipsi). Somali Sahara. Length of horn, 

 2f inches. 



The only antelope of Northern Somaliland that I 

 failed to shoot was the haira [Dorcotragus). Other 

 animals of interest seen but not shot were elephant, 

 striped hyaena, ostrich, genet, hyrax, mongoose (two 

 species), and baboon ; while small game shot included 

 a hare, three species of bustard, and two of francolin 

 (if the small partridge of Ogo-Guban is a francolin). 

 Guinea-fowl, common in parts, I only saw once. 

 Another unexpected sort of creature that I came 

 across three or four times was a daylight bat with a 

 yellow breast. I have seen it actually hawking 

 insects in the sunlight. 



* The head of this species, of which measurements are given, was not shot 

 but picked up. 



t Wherever not otherwise stated, all length of horn measurements have 

 been taken along the curve. 



