656 DR. J. KIRK ON THE MAMMALS OF ZAMBESIA. [Dec. 13, 
besi a tusk weighing 8 lbs. is considered good, and they very seldom 
equal 12 lbs.; the females bring forth one fcetus at a time. 
In a school of Hippopotami seen in the Zambesi, above the Kafue, 
one was white—quite an albino. In a school further down we 
noticed several piebald individuals ; and, still further off, the Hip- 
popotami had white feet only. 
Before fire-arms the White Rhinoceros is the first animal to dis- 
appear ; but the Hippopotamus also must soon give way. 
46. PHACOCH@RUS AFRICANUS. 
Native name, “Jiri” or “ Njiri”’ at Tete; in Sechuana, “ Kolobe ;” 
Sena and Tete; Batoka country. 
47, PoTAMOCH@RUS AFRICANUS. 
Zambesi delta. Native name, “ Ngulve.”’ 
The name of “ N’kumba,” given to a pig, means an animal that 
burrows or digs. 
48. Hyrax ARBOREUS, Smith. 
Common in rocky hill-sides ; Manganja hills ; Kebrabassa. 
They live in colonies; the natives catch them in spring-traps: 
their flesh is good. 
49, Hyrax, sp.? 
Alongside of the Murchison Rapids a Hyrav was killed by one of 
the natives ; it differed from the common Cape species, being less in 
size and of a lighter colour. It was one of a colony living among 
rocks. The specimen was lost, and I cannot identify it as any de- 
scribed species. 
RuUMINANTIA. 
50. CAMELOPARDALIS GIRAFFA. 
Sechuana name, “ Tutlwa.” 
Quite unknown on the Zambesi; it was never seen by any of our 
party, unless crossing from Sesheke to Linyanti, in the Makololo 
country. 
51, AipyceROS MELAMPUS (Licht.). 
** Pallah”’ of the Bechuanas. 
Frequent in hilly ground or in plains at the foot of hills, to which 
it always runs when disturbed or wounded. Absent from damp 
grassy plains. Observed in the hills which form the Murchison 
Rapids of the Shiré; in the plains above Victoria Falls, near the Ba- 
toka Hills. Abundant on the rocky island of ‘ Imparira,”’ at junc- 
tion of * Chobe”? with Zambesi ; commonly in herds of fifteen to 
thirty. 
52. CePHALOPHUS OCULARIS, Peters. 
Native name in Sena, “Nyassa.” By Bechuanas the Duyker 
Antelopeg are named “ Puti.” 
