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10. Dama Gazelle, an essentially desert species, ranging 

 across the continent from Kordofan to Senegambia. 



11. Dorcas Gazelle, extends northwards from the 

 eastern Sudan and Nigeria. 



12. Clarke's Gazelle, from central Somaliland. 



13. Waller's Gazelle. The remarkable looking gerenuk, 

 with its immensely long neck, and body markings some- 

 what resembling those of the impala, extends from the 

 north of German East Africa northwards into Somaliland. 



14. The Beira. This little antelope is generally classed 

 with the gazelle group, though outwardly it is more like 

 a klipspringer, and has habits very similar to the latter. 

 It lives in the hills of Somaliland. 



The typical gazelles are inhabitants of wide open 

 plains or sandy desert. They mostly bear a strong 

 family resemblance one to another, both in outward 

 appearance and in general habits, and are to a great 

 extent independent of water. 



THE DUIKER. The common duiker is one of the most 

 widely distributed of all African antelopes. It is nume- 

 rous all over South Africa, wherever suitable country 

 exists, even in the settled parts, and its range extends, 

 with but slight variation in type, all through Central and 

 East Africa to Abyssinia. 



Generally speaking the females are hornless, but a 

 certain number are nevertheless equipped in this way. 

 Both sexes have a prominent tuft of hair on the forehead, 

 situate between the horns in the males. 



The duiker is a solitary animal and is generally met 

 with singly, though a ram and ewe, or a female with her 

 last lamb, are sometimes seen together. He is found in 

 bush country, and, though often to be seen in the open 

 spaces, never wanders very far from thick covert, to 

 which he at once betakes himself if disturbed. When 



