88 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. VIII. 
The following is a list of the game animals to be found north of the “ Haud,” 
or waterless tract of country which runs east and west across the high plateau :— 
English name. Latin name. Somali name. 
1 | Sand Antelope .........) Neotragus saltianis ...... Sagaro. 
2 | Waller’s Gazelle ...... Gazella walleri ............ Gerenouk. 
B | Ci pkopeseese0 conedaos. coe Oryx Weisaceensewscecerce sae Be’id. 
4 | Soemmering’s Gazelle...] Gazella soemmeringil...... Awal. 
G. spekii or naso and 
5 | Cevellg sagccoads soacee a pelzelni. Dhero. 
6 | Larger Kudu ......... Strepsiceros kudu ........| Godir. 
Tin luesser IMIG secs sets -sinee Strepsiceros imberbis ...| Anderio or Arreh. 
8 | Klpspringer ............ Nanotragus oreotragus ...| Alakud. 
9 | Warthog .........00 .-.| Phacoccerus ethiopicus ...| Dophur. 
uae ab hencescuecacic cece Felis pardus ...a- seeseseee| HHEYbelle, 
TLL) ito cocosé sancoousaodasce IDES NEO) pacsetedqsoosee eee| Libah. 
12) Wiesolae ia scosccnodanonds Elephas africanus ......--.| Marode. 
13) | Wald Ass ......3... .....| Equus somalicus .........| Duber. 
14 | Spotted Hyzxna ...... Hyena Crocuta....seso.ees Wariba, 
15 | Striped Hyeena......... Hyzena striata ..coosssseee Lidda. 
16 | Hartbeest ........0-0000. Bubalis swaynel ......0..| Syg. 
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Besides the above-mentioned animals, there are also to be found ostriches, 
hares, 2 species of foxes, jackals, porcupines, and lynx. Of the 16 animals 
in the above list, I succeeded in shooting specimens of each of the first eleven 
kinds, besides seeing specimens of Nos. 12, 18 and 14. 
I will now briefly describe such animals as I became acquainted with. I do 
not propose going into detailed descriptions of colour of skin or shepe of horns, 
Such @escriptions have already appeared in this Society’s Journal, No. 4, Vol. VI, 
in the paper read by Mr. J. D. Inverarity in September, 1891, and I could add 
but little, if anything, to them. 
The commonest and most widely distributed of all the antelope is undoubtedly 
the tiny sand antelope; he is to be seen close to Berbera among the small 
scattered bushes which grow on the maritime plaim, and among the ravines at 
the foot of the high range of hills which I have already spoken of as running 
parallel to the coast-lie. He is also found on the plateau to the south of this 
range and also in thehilly wild country in the far west. It seems to him to be quite 
immaterial whether he lives in long grass, under the shade of bushes, or hidden 
away among the aloe plants which are common in many parts of Somali Land. 
This antelope is only about 12 inches in height, and though he affords pretty 
shooting with a rook rifle, can best be secured with a shot gun and No. 4 shot ; 
the pace with which he manages to dart in and out of the bushes is extraordi- 
nary, and makes him anything but an easy object to hit. There appears to be 
no difference in colour between the males and females, the general colour being 
