654 MR. R. CRAWSHAY ON THE [DeC, 2, 



about Taowira, and behind Kaundi, to the N.W. of that region. I 

 have, too, now and again come on them in the hills between 

 Nkanga and Ncheweri. 



At the foot of the Wa-kinga Mountains, in the Upper Lufira 

 country, I have also seen them. 



On the East Coast, I have occasionally come across them in the 

 hills to the south of Chitezi's (Chiteji's), and between that and 

 Malo. 



I have never seen more than a pair together, though, in places 

 where they are numerous, one occasionally sees as many as three or 

 four on the move at the same time. When wounded, I have 

 noticed Klip-springer cry piteously, bleating not unlike a young 

 Goat. The venison is, to my thinking, excellent; and the skins 

 are prized by hill tribes, who make bags of them for carrying grain, 

 for which they are well suited, being unusually thick and durable. 

 The hair is very curious, rather resembling soft bristles, and I have 

 heard the term " minga " (thorns) applied to it by natives when 

 describing the animal. 



4. Nanotragus tragulxjs (Licht.). 



The Steinbuck, T believe, will prove to be common in Nyasa-land, 

 at any rate in those parts where Duiker are found ; but for myself 

 I have only succeeded in obtaining one specimen, a female, which I 

 killed on the Chitimba River, a little to the north of Chombi 

 (Mt. Waller). This the Ahenga with me pronounced to be " Yisya " 

 (which is the name by which they know the Duiker) ; but I had 

 no difficulty in distinguishing it from that animal, inasmuch as 

 the dark brown mark on the forehead and down the nose was want- 

 ing, as was also that on the legs, which were in this case of an 

 almost uniform red with the body, while the white belly in this 

 Antelope was very much more conspicuous than in the Duiker, there 

 being no gradual blending of the white and reddish brown, such as 

 I have usually noticed in the Duiker. 



I may, however, be wrong in assuming this Antelope to have 

 been a Steinbuck, since, at the time I examined the specimen, I had 

 had very little previous knowledge of the Steinbuck ; but, at any 

 rate, I am fully persuaded the animal in question was not a 

 Duiker. 



5. iEpYCEROS MELAMPUS. 



The " Impala " of the Angoni, " Nswala " of the Anyanja, 

 Ajawa, and 1 believe of all the Nyasa tribes, is not common to all 

 Nyasa-land, but where met with these Antelopes are as a rule 

 found in even larger numbers tlian Water-buck, and I have seen 

 them, I daresay, in herds numbering one hundred or more. On 

 Nyasa itself, I only remember having come across them in three 

 districts, all on the West Coast. 



In 1885 I saw some very large herds on a clean sandy plain, 

 covered with mimosas, half a day's march beyond Mbapi, to the 

 north of Cape Maclear ; here there appeared to be little other game 



