viii PREFACE 



Colonies for permitting me to reproduce in full the Ordinance 

 relating to the Game in the Somaliland Protectorate ; to the 

 Trustees of the British Museum of Natural History for their 

 Hints on Removing and Preparing Skins of Mammals ; to 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas for many hints and suggestions ; to 

 Mr. H. A. Byatt for allowing me to make use of his photo- 

 graph of the Dibatag ; and to Captain Walford of the Suffolk 

 Regiment for the use of some of his notes. 



R. E. D.-B. 



BERBERA, 

 BRITISH SOMALILAND. 



