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place, in September of the previous year, I saw a herd of some 
thirty or forty beasts, every one of which was a buck ; but I do 
not think that this can be taken as evidence that the bucks and 
does separate at certain seasons of the year, as on the same 
days on which I saw these two herds I also saw others in which 
the bucks and does were together. A Zhomsont is a confiding 
little beast, and, except in places close to a well-beaten 
caravan route, where it has been constantly shot at, can be 
easily approached within 120 yards with ordinary care and 
perseverance, even in the most open and covertless places. 
These beasts appear to be confined almost entirely to the 
Masai country, as I have not heard of their having been seen 
east of the Sigarari plains to the south of Kilimanjaro, or 
south of the Useri river and the head-waters of the Tsavo. 
I saw none at Njemps near Lake Baringo, or in Turkwel and 
Ngaboto in the Suk country, though G. Graniii was plentiful in 
all these places. 
PETERS’ GAZELLE . 
Gazella Petersi (known to the Swahilis also as ‘Sala’) 
may be a local variety of G. Grantii rather than a distinct 
species. It used to be plentiful at Merereni on the coast, and 
is still found further inland in the Galla country. | It. is cer- 
-tainly a smaller beast than G. Grantii from Kilimanjaro or 
Machako’s, but in other respects is almost identical, excepting 
in the shape and size of the horns, which I have never known 
to exceed 22 ins. in length measured along the curve. Their 
horns are also straighter, and have not nearly sucha pronounced 
backward curve as those of the Gran/ti, neither do they diverge 
towards the points so much, being rarely more than seven or 
eight inches apart at the widest parts. G. Feéersi is found in 
the small open plains and open scrub. 
ABYSSINIAN ORIBI 
The Abyssinian Oribi (Swahili, ‘Taya’) is, I believe, not found 
to the south of Upper Kavirondo. Between the river Nzoia 
