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IS a black tuft of hair. On the rump is a black crescent marking, from the centre of which and 

 dividing it is the tail, which has a black line down it. The tail gradually changes to white, having 

 white hairs at the tip. The colour of the eye is a dark sea-green pupil, with a blackish 

 brown iris. 



During the rutting season only one adult male is, as a rule, seen with a herd, whilst at other 

 times several may be seen. 



A herd of impala sometimes make very curious noises like the gruntings and squealings of 

 young pigs. Although I have some hundreds of times been in close proximity to herds, I have 

 only heard this noise on three or four occasions. A wounded impala will almost always lie up 

 in the nearest thick bush. 



The tips of the horns are usually close together in young animals, and grow farther apart 

 with age. A good head can often be detected by the width of its spread. Although this is not an 

 infallible guide, an animal with a wide spread will never be a young or immature animal. With 

 young animals the horns converge, whereas with old animals they are generally parallel. Horns of 

 30 inches have been obtained. The animal is so common in British East Africa that, practically 

 speaking, it occurs in every wooded river-bed on the plains or in any bush bordering the plains, 

 but does not occur in the forests, nor is it common on the coast or in waterless regions. 



JACKAL. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Bweha. Masai En-derash. 



Kikuyu Mbwe. Ogiek (Ravine) Lilda. 



Kitaita Mzozo. 



The black-backed jackal appears to be the common kind of the plains. The natives do not 

 appear to distinguish more than one kind. The animal is very plentiful on the plains, and its 

 cry may here be heard on most nights, though practically never in the early morning before 

 dawn. The Swahilis say that it portends very good luck to hear him at such a time. 



KLIPSPRINGER. 



Native Names. 

 Masai En-gine ol-doinyo. Ogieg Embariya. 



This little buck occurs plentifully on the rocky escarpment above the Kedong and near 

 Ngong; also on some of the stony kopjes of the Athi Plains. With the exception of these 

 places, I do not know of its occurring plentifully elsewhere. 



KOB, MRS. GRAY'S. 



This animal is found on the Nile north of Gondokoro, but outside the limits of Uganda. 



KOB, THOMAS'S. 



Thomas's, or the Uganda kob is of a uniform red-colour, much resembling the puku 

 both in coat and shape of horns. I believe that it is not found anywhere to the east of 



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