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and threes, sometimes occurring singly. At early 

 morning and before sunset, they may be shot with 

 a rook rifle while feeding. At other times they are 

 beaten up and afford rather pretty and quick shooting 

 to the shot gun. They lie close and have at times 

 almost to be kicked up. 



Gunther's Dik-Dik (Madoqua guentheri] has the 

 most proboscis-like snout (somewhat resembling that 

 of a tapir) of all these little creatures. Mr. C. V. A. 

 Peel, in his book Somaliland, says of it : " Length of 

 male, 21^ to 23 inches ; length of horns, 3^ inches, 

 3 inches, 2;f inches. Females hornless. These tiny 

 antelopes, which run about in triplets, and weigh less 

 than a hare, are the largest of the Dik-Dik. . . . 

 Colour of body grey, belly white, no red in body as 

 in other two (Swayne's and Phillips's Dik-Diks), 

 long hairs between the horns, back of ears and snout 

 fawn, chin white." Major Swayne gives the Somali 

 names of these three Dik-Diks as Sakaro Gwyu 

 (Swayne's species), Sakaro Gol Ass (Phillips's), and 

 Sakaro Gussuli (Gunther's). Major Cotton gives 

 the weight of a Salt's Dik-Dik as 8 Ibs. 



THE. ROYAL ANTELOPE 



One more species, and that the most diminutive of 

 all ruminants, closes the list of African antelopes. 

 This is the so-called Royal antelope (Neotragus 

 pygm<eus\ the Sang of the Vey natives of Liberia, 

 found in the forest and bush country of West Africa, 

 from Liberia to Ashanti. This tiny buck stands not 



