4^ LKTTER FROM CAPT. J. H. SFEKE. [Jan. 13, 



size of the Black Buck of India, and carries itself much in the same 

 way ; the female has fine horns*. 



" 16. Reh Boc, only one specimen shot, in the East Coast range. 

 " 17. Bush-Boo ? Seen in the lowlands in thick bush, but never 

 killed. 



" 18. Duyker Boc, common on the interior plateau. 



"19. Stein Boc, common. 



" 20. A. saltiana, common. 



"21. Small Boc. This diminutive animal is a trifle darker than 

 a common water-rat ; it has short straight horns like the A. saltiana, 

 but it is not above one-quarter of that size. I have seen the animal 

 alive in the jungle, and have had a skin of one, but never obtained 

 this Antelope entire. 



" 22. Zanzibar Boc. 



" 23. Strange Boc. The only specimen obtained of this was sent 

 home ; and as that was young and looked like a small red calf, more 

 than anything else, I will leave it for future reference. 



" 24. A. saltatrix. This Uttle Khpspringer was only shot in one 

 place, on some rugged granitic outcrops in the interior plateau. 



" 25. Lion heard everywhere, but never seen. 



" 26. Hyccna crocuta, the common scavenger of the country. 



" 27. Variegated Hyaena. The size and shape of a large Wolf, 

 long large ears ; gallops fast, and in packs, and barks like a dog, for 

 which cause it is called the Jungle-Dog by the natives. Three 

 rushed out of the bush, with loud barks, one day to attack me ; but 

 they pulled up and went to the right about as soon as I turned 

 round to shoot at them. 



** 28. Silver Fox, common. 



"29. Small dark-brown Fox, very large ears and black points. 



" 30. Wild Cat. 



"31. Ruddy Lynx. 



"32. Hyrax. 



" 33. Mungos fasciatus. 



"34. Squirrel. 



"35. Yellow Ferret. 



"36. Dark Chestnut Ferret. 



"37. Hares, 4^ lbs. weight. 



"38. Rats, in many varieties. 



"39. Mice, the same. 



"40. Moles, peculiar. 



"41. Hedgehog. 



" 42. Tortoise, two varieties. 



" I may remark that I have not seen in the part of the hill range 

 traversed by this expedition the same peculiar four-horned Antelope 

 which I once saw in the Usumbara Mountains, a little to the north- 

 ward ; and further, I feel convinced that I have seen the prints and 



[* There seems little doubt about this Antelope (of the horns of which Capt. 

 Speke sends a sketch — see Woodcut) being new. Dr. Gray is of this opinion. — 

 P.L.S.] 



