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itself without being laid in a nest. Sometimes an enormous number of eggs are seen in a nest, 

 perhaps thirty in number. Where this occurs something has probably gone wrong with one 

 clutch, and another has been laid on the top of them. The hen occasionally gets bored with the 

 addled eggs which come to nothing and kirks them out of the nest, as can be seen in the 

 photograph by page 91. 



PORCUPINE. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Nungu. Kitaita Sasa. 



Kikuyu Njegi- Ogiek (Ravine) Savetet. 



Kikamba Nje. Masai 0-yoyai. 



This nocturnal animal is practically never seen excepting occasionally when it is hunted 

 out by dogs, but by the frequent signs of its presence on pathways and around native plantations 

 it appears to be a very common animal. It commits great depredations on the fields at night, 

 and is most unpopular amongst agricultural natives. 



REEDBUCK, BOHOR. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Tohe. Kavirondo .\burr (?). 



Kinyika ,, (?). Ogiek Kiturugubes. 



This animal is much larger in size than Chanler's reedbuck. The horns run much smaller 

 than those of the common reedbuck, although the animal is much the same size. It is found on 

 the Guas Xgishu, Nandi, and the Rift Valley north of the line. It is also said to exist on the 

 Mau. Either the Bohor reedbuck or the Abyssinian reedbuck occurs on the Nile, in Uganda, and 

 the Lado Enclave, but I am unable to state which species. 



REEDBUCK, CHANLER'S. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Tohe (together with Kikuyu Katabidi. 



other reedbucks). Ogieg Engine ikfibkoik. 



Kinyamwezi . . . Nja. Kikamba Ndabidi. 



These animals inhabit both rocky hills and mountains, and also the steep banks of some of 

 the ravines on the plains. They go about in family parties of three or four, or sometimes a dozen 

 or more may be seen together. It is very difficult to distinguish male from female. 



They occur on the .\thi Plains in various places, such as on Lukenya, and between the 

 Ndurugu and Thika rivers, and in the Kedong \'alley ; the Ithanga Hills, very plentiful; 01 

 Doinyo Sapuk, very plentiful ; the Kisii country, south of Ndube's, and on Chamonyeru ; the 

 Kik.imba Hills, south of Ol Doinyo .S.ipuk ; the hills south of Embu ami on either bank of the 

 Tana. 



REEDBUCK, WARD'S. 



This small reedbuck appears to be very local, existing only near Kisumu, south of the Nandi 

 Hills, and in part of the Kavirondo country. 



