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A Herd of White-bearded Gnus . 



A Masai Dance 



A Herd of White-bearded Gnus (i) 



at close quarters ; (ii) a more 



distant view ; (iii) they show their 



disquiet ; (iv) they decide to retreat 

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 EflFects of Heat and Mirage 

 A Hot Day in the Great Rift Valley 

 Group of Masai .... 

 Prehistoric Sketch on a Fragment of 



Ivory 



Old Picture of a female Hippopotamus 

 An old German Picture of the Giraffe 

 Hottentot Hunters : a sketch of two 



hundred years ago . 

 Ancient Egyptian representations of 



Giraffes and other animals 

 Sketches of Animals made by the 



Bushmen 

 Black-tailed Antelopes running through 



high grass 

 Bearers on the March 

 A Rhinoceros moving through velt 



grass 

 Three large Gorillas shot by Captain 



Dominick .... 

 Troop of Lions in broad daylight 

 Herd of Elephants in South Africa, by 



Harris 



Group of Wild Animals at Hagen 



beck's zoological gardens 

 Young Grant's Gazelles 

 'Mbega Monkeys 

 A 'Mbega . 



East African Wild Buffaloes 

 Modern Methods of Taxidermy : Set 



ting up a Giraffe . . .146 

 Male Giraffe Gazelle . 

 Dwarf Antelope .... 

 Giraffe Gazelles .... 

 Snow-white Black-hoofed Antelope 

 New Species of Hyena 



{Hyena schiUingsi) 

 Dwarf Musk Deer 

 A Pair of Guerezas 

 Black-hoofed Antelope 

 Giraffe Gazelle and Dwarf Antelope 



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Head of an African Wart-hog 

 Nest of Ostrich's Eggs 

 Drying Ornithological specimens 

 Group of Author's Trophies 

 Women of the Rahe Oasis . 

 Egyptian Geese in a Swamp 

 The Nyika : a Bird s-eye View 



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Oryx Antelopes .... 

 A Velt Hillock .... 

 The Summit of Mount 'Ngaptuk 

 A Look-out Place 

 Black-hoofed Antelopes 

 Black- tailed Antelopes 

 Masai Hartebeests 

 Giraffe Gazelle .... 

 Grant's Gazelles 



Grant's Gazelles .... 



White-bearded Gnus and Zebras taking 

 Refuge from the Midday Sun /aaw^ 240 



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An old Acacia ..... 



A typical Landscape .... 



Hungry Vultures .... 



Flamingoes in Flight . . . 252, 



Storks on the Wing .... 



Storks gathering for Migration . 



Remains of Rhinoceroses . 



Crested Cranes in Flight . 



Vultures and Marabous 



Herd of Waterbuck .... 



Oryx Antelopes 



Grant's Gazelles. .... 



Hartebeests near the Western 'Ndjiri 

 Swamps 277 



Map of a Day's Movements and Ob- 

 servations 



Flamingoes on the Margin of the 

 Natron Lake 



A Francolin perched on a Thorn- 

 bush 



Flight of Sandfowl .... 



Zebras and Gnus . . facing 292 



An Alarum-turaco .... 295 



Nest of Weaver-birds . . .301 



A Shrike on the Look-out . . . 309 



Brook with an Underground Channel 315 



Spurred Geese 319 



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