714 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



"I understand from Western Arabs that the great field for game 

 nowadays is in the 'Harush' [apparently in the central part of 

 Libya] .... There considerable numbers of Addax . . . exist." 

 (Colonel Green, in litt., March 13, 1933.) 



In Tripolitania "it is reported that the animals have practically 

 ceased to exist owing to being machine-gunned by Italian military 

 patrols" (Hone, 1933, p. 38). 



The Addax is doubtless rarer than the Barbary Sheep in Libya. 

 Its presence is up to now materially documented only by a single 

 horn brought back by the expedition to the Oases of Cufra. Legal 

 protection is urged. (De Beaux, 1935, p. 14.) 



The Addax is rare and of rather uncertain distribution in Libya. 

 It can be hunted only under permit, which may be issued no more 

 than twice per year to a given person. (Ministry of Colonies, Rome, 

 in litt., March 5, 1937.) 



Central Sahara. "The disappearance of the Addax from the 

 northern Sahara is only a question of years. Happily, it will main- 

 tain itself for a long time yet in the solitudes of the southeastern 

 Sahara, north of Lake Chad, where I have seen it in immense herds. 

 Mechanical locomotion will some day permit hunters to go there and 

 pursue it. Let us hope that the powers that be will take effective 

 action for its protection before that day arrives." (Lavauden, 1926, 

 p. 27.) 



The Addax is threatened almost solely by the natives. The exodus 

 toward Chad of peoples from Fezzan, fleeing the Italian domination, 

 constitutes a new menace to the species. In general, the invasion 

 of Arabs is always disastrous to the large game of a region. (Lavau- 

 den, 1933, p. 29.) 



According to Ramecourt (1936, p. 30), the species is common 

 nowhere unless in the Ti-n-Toumma, on the border of the immense 

 dunes of Agadem. 



In Chad the Addax is found only in the north of the colony. It 

 inhabits, at times, some of the most remote and arid regions of the 

 southern Sahara, where it is almost inaccessible. It is a great wan- 

 derer, but never goes farther south than latitude 15 N., except 

 perhaps in the region of Aurak (between Ziguei and Salal) . It is 

 quite abundant north of Eguei [lat. 16] and Bodele [lat. 17] 

 (Kanem), particularly in the triangle Hacha, Koubba, Aurak. It 

 is sometimes met with between Faya and Oum Chalouba [15 30' 

 N., 20 30' E.] ; and more to the east in Ennedi, especially in the 

 Bideyat country and at the north in the Erdis. While it is not so 

 common as the Oryx, several hundred may be observed in a single 

 day. It is hunted with dogs by the Haddad, by certain groups of the 

 Toubous, and by the Bideyat of Ennedi. The Oulad Sliman are said 



