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both steep rocks and trees, aud I often saw them feeding on the 

 leaves of small trees quite ten feet from the ground. When 

 disturbed they descended the branches with surprising facility, 

 considering their shape. They have a weird prolonged sci-eam, 

 which sounds as if it were produced by a much larger animal. The 

 Somah name is ' Bona.' " {E. M. H.) 



25. BuBAiis swAYKBi Sclat. 



" There were large herds of these Hartebeests on Makani's and 

 the surrounding country. They were fairly tame, and one could 

 approach to within 200 yards without frightening them. There 

 were many Midgans stalking them for the sake of their hides, 

 which are valued for leather in Harar. 



" The Somalis hunt them in the following manner : — Several 

 iSomalis surround a single male, and when he tries to break away 

 he is headed ; gradually they close in on him and he gets frightened 

 and lies down, when they rush in and spear him. 1 was told this 

 at first by a Somali, and afterwards I saw a hunt going on about 

 three miles off, by the aid of a telescope, in which the Somalis killed 

 the Hartebeest. I have also seen a slightly wounded Hartebeest 

 do the same thing when headed several times." {R. M. H.) 



26. Madoqua phillipsi Thos. 



" This was very common." {B. M. U.) 



27. GrAZELLA PELZELNI Kohl. 



" Fairly common on the maritime plain near Berbei'a. 

 " I never saw any of this Gazelle further than twenty miles from 

 the coast." (E.M.H.) 



28. GrAZELLA SPEKEI Blyth. 



"Was not very plentiful and was very shy aud hard to approach." 

 {M. M. H.) 



29. Gazella scemmebbikgi Cretzschm. 



" Is very plentiful on what is called the Merar Prairie in the 

 map of Somaliland, but what the Somalis call the Bund. This Gazelle 

 goes in herds of about twenty or thirty, and sometimes in hun- 

 dreds. There seemed to be many more males than females, and I 

 have seen quite 300 males in a herd without a single female. They 

 were very tame, as they are not hunted by the Midgans." {B. M. H.) 



30. LiTHOCEANius WALLEKi Brooke. 



" This Gazelle is found from within three miles of Berbera right 

 through Western Somaliland where there are bushes. It is a shy 

 animal, and as it has a habit of standing behind a bush and looking 

 over it, it is hard to approach. It has sometimes a curious habit 

 of standing quite upright with its head among the branches of the 

 bush it is feeding on, and I have mistaken it at a distance for a 

 Somali in a white robe, as its white colouring underneath shows up 

 so conspicuously. 



