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seemed to be never coming, Truly the graceful buck, as he waded through 
that undulating sea of sun-bleached grass, appeared utterly out of keeping 
with his surroundings, . 
There seems to be a good deal of confusion among travellers in Somaliland 
as to the distinctive names for Koodoo and Lesser Koodoo, and this is not to 
be wondered at, for Somalis themselves often confound the two in the most 
aggravating and ignorant way. The reason, 1 think, is that the haunts of 
both species in many places overlap ; that is to say, the Lesser Koodoo fre- 
quents the shady tree-jungle fringing the bases of the same hills whose 
heights are tenanted by his greater congener, and the latter again, especially 
the herd bucks and females, come down at night into the low country to feed, 
Thus I have myself come upon a buck of the larger species when in search of 
the smaller on the flat below the range of hills from which the venturesome 
individual had probably strayed. 
When living in Somaliland I took a good deal of pains to clear up the 
confusion of names abovementioned, and my endeavours brought me to the 
following conclusions :-— 
(1) “ Gopir” applies to the Greater Koodoo in general, both male and 
female, 
(2) “ GortaLEH”’ or “ GORIALEH GopDIR” are the terms used to :parti- 
cularise a fully furnished buck of the larger species, 
(3) “ ApreR yu “ or’ ANDERIO” is generally used for the Lesser Koodoo, 
but:is frequently applied to the females and small fry of both species. 
(4) “ ArReH.” Finally, if you wish to make a Somali understand that you 
want a Lesser Koodoo buck with good horns, you must employ yet another 
term“ Arreh,’ pronounced with a strong roll of the “r” s, 
THE GAZELLES. 
I will take these in the order given in the latest authoritative work on the 
subject, Sclater and Thomas’s “ Book of Antelopes,” still in course of publicas 
tion in parts. This is a work which an intending visitor to Somaliland should 
lose no opportunity of studying, He will find therein the most recent infor- 
mation regarding the various Somali antelopes, and will learn at the same time 
in what way he can be useful to science without much extra trouble to himself, 
THE BOTTLE-NOSED GAZELLE (Gazella spekei) 
and 
THE LOWLAND GAZELLE (Gazella pelzelni). 
With regard to these two varieties there is likely to be some perplexity im 
the minds of those familiar with Mr. Inverarity’s note on the Mammalia of 
Somaliland in Vol. V. of this Journal. At that time the Gazelle found in the 
maritime plain was known as G. spekei, later on, however, on the subject 
being gone into afresh, the type of Speke’s discovery was found to be of the — 
“ bottle-nosed’ kind, and so the names had to be changed akout, being now 
accepted as ahove, 
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