654 DR. J. KIRK ON THE MAMMALS OF ZAMBESTA. ([Dee. 13, 
38. Lepus sAxaTILis, F. Cuvier. 
“Sena”; Shupanga; Murchison Rapids. 
Nowhere very common, yet scattered over a wide area. Its habits 
are like the Hare; its haunts are rocky ground and underwood, 
EDENTATA. 
39. MANIS TEMMINCKII, Smuts. 
By the Portuguese called ‘ Bicho vergonhoso.”’ 
The scales of this animal are much valued by the natives, and worn 
as “fetish.’’ It occurs ‘‘ near Sena.” 
40. ORYCTEROPUS CAPENSIS? 
Native name, ‘ Simba.’’ Common near Shupanga ; said also to 
be frequent at Mozambique. 
No specimen was obtained ; yet Ihave little doubt of its being the 
same animal as is found in the colony. It burrows very fast, and, 
for that reason, cannot be dug up. 
SOLIDUNGULA. 
41. Equus ZEBRA. 
Native name in Sechuana, “ Pitse” ; at Sena, ‘ M’bizi” ; among 
the Manganja, “ M’bidzi.” Found at the foot of Moramballa hills, 
opposite Sena; hills south of Lake Nyassa; Kebrabassa, Batoka 
country. Not so common as Burchell’s Zebra, 
42. Equus BURCHELLII. 
Native name on Lower Zambesi, “ Bidzi-kiti.”? Inhabits the 
neighbourhood of Shupanga and Sena, and readily known from the 
other species by the yellowish colour between the stripes. 
The Quagga is unknown on the Zambesi. 
PACHYDERMATA. 
43. ELEPHAS AFRICANUS. 
By Bechuanas named, “ Ylo’’; at Tete and Sena, ‘‘ Dzo”’ ; by the 
Manganja, “ N’jovo”’ or “ Njobvo.”’ On the Nyassa, ivory is named 
*dembo”’; by the Bechuanas, “ manaka a tlo,” or horns of the 
Elephant—those of Sena also naming the tusks “ M’nyanga,”’ or 
horns. In different regions the Elephant varies in size. On the 
Zambesi the animal is smaller than it is further south, but the ivory is 
rather larger; that which comes to Zanzibar is still heavier. Of the 
ivory which comes to Quilimane, some is from mountainous and 
rocky country ; this is heavier, in proportion to its apparent size, and 
harder than that from the flat, damp plains. 
The Elephant goes commonly in herds ; solitary animals are always 
dangerous, and will occasionally attack without provocation. The 
herds of males and females go separate, and are never known to mix 
with each other; the calves follow the cows. Where hunters with | 
