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reference, but I find from my diary that a small isolated hill called “ Sugul,”’ 
a few miles N.-E, of Milmil, was the most northerly point at which we met 
with Madoqua guntheri, and there its presence was confined to the slopes 
and immediate vicinity of the hill itself, whereas M. swaynei was the com- 
moner form in the surrounding neighbourhood. The first two varieties are 
not always easy to be distinguished, without specimens or skins for com- 
parison, but the “ Gussli” is at once recognizable by its abnormally long 
snout, its larger proportions, and by the rattling “ guss-guss-guss ” (giving 
rise to its vernacular name) which it utters when disturbed, and which is 
quite different from the shrill whistle of the other two, 
MISCELLANEOUS, 
In the foregoing pages I have touched upon all the larger Mammals usually 
included in the collections of expeditions that do not penetrate further than 
the River Shebeyli, but there are still a few more interesting animals, 
that the traveller in Somaliland hears little about, because so rarely met 
with by human beings; though not necessarily rare in themselves, they are 
worth passing mention, 
(1) The Lynx (Felis caracal), the “Gududonneh ” of the Somalis, Dr. 
Donaldson-Smith and I saw one specimen of this species whilst riding one day 
ahead of the caravan to a new camp, but by the time we had dismounted it 
had disappeared in some grass where tracking was impossible, 
(2) The Serval Cat (Felis serval), The Somalis have given the name“ Sheb- 
eyl Adari” (another form of “‘Harrari’’) to one of the cat-tribe with which they 
are acquainted, and I think it must be this species, whichis known in Abyssinia 
also, but I have never been able to make quite sure, only having hada skin 
to illustrate my inquiries by ; I think there is little doubt, however, that the 
animal is fairly common in the Protectorate, and although none of us 
actually saw one on our recent expedition, one of our number, Mr, Carlyle 
Fraser, who was familiar with it further south, on several occasions, told 
us that he had come on its tracks, 
(3) The Aard-wolf (Proteles cristatus), Here again I am in uncertainty as 
to the Somali name, Theanimal frequents open ravine-country, similar to 
that in which one finds the Chinkara in India, I have never obtained a 
specimen but have twice seen them ; they are not unlike a Striped Hyena in 
miniature, 
(4) The Ant-Bear (Orycteropus wthiopicus) or “ Kharendi”’ of the Somalis, 
This curious animal, the subject of one of the Plates, is very common indeed 
in many localities, but being entirely a night-feeder it is hardly ever seen. 
Before I met with the creature I had often come across numbers of deep, round, 
and apparently purposeless holes, sometimes dug right along a camel-track 
at almost regular intervals, but from the explanations of my followers I had 
come to the conclusion that they referred the pitfalls to the Badger, which 
last exists in the country, and it was only when this specimen came into our 
