VOYAGE ON WHITE NILE 



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are found save in Upper Sudan. Though more than fifty 

 years have passed since the existence of these two 

 antelopes was first reported, yet little even to-day is pre- 

 cisely known of their biology ; indeed, it was only yester- 

 day that the first correct details of their status and life- 

 histories were partially rescued from chaos by Col. 

 Roosevelt's American Expedition of 1909-10. The two 

 Sudan antelopes in question are (i) The white-eared cob 

 {Adenota leucotis] on the steppe; and (2) the saddle- 

 backed lechwi (Onotragus megaceros] on the marsh. The 

 possible third is a duiker of sorts. 



A PASSING FLIGHT OF "WHISTLING TEAL." 



Such a record is creditable neither to British-African 

 hunters nor (in yet less degree) to British science ; hence 

 the author hopes that both hunters and zoologists alike 

 will take in good part the little lecture he addresses to 

 them on this text on a following page. 



As regards my friends the hunters that is the 

 privileged few who enjoy personal contact with the bigger 

 game of the world I suggest that it is nowadays up to 

 them all to bring home not merely "heads" for their 

 private collections but such critical and accurate informa- 

 tion as in them lies to collect and formulate ; since to 

 succeeding generations no such opportunity may be 

 available. 



