-* Gazelles and Dxvarf Antelopes 



haunts and habits. It loves to find a refuse in thick 

 covert, and thus has a better chance than the animals 

 which live out on the steppes. 



Unfortunate]}- that excellent work Great and Smal/ 

 Game of Africa informs us that the once common reed- 

 buck is becoming very rare in Xatal, Xululand, Bechuana- 

 land, the Transvaal, and Swaziland. 



Amon<r the mountains of the Xvika lives a wonderful 



miniature antelope, the klipspringer, ot which I discovered 

 a new species (Orcoti'agiis sc/u//ingsi.'} I his graceful 

 creature, covered with thick ^Tey-LjTeemsh hair, and 

 adorned with a white beard, springs Irom cra^' to cra^' 

 like a leather ball, uttering a shrill cry ot warning. 



So tar as I could ascertain, the: klipsprm^'er is called 

 " n'o'ossoiru " b\- the Masai. I found this beautiful 



