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12. Ceeticapba bohoe (Eiipp.). 



13. Cekticapra chasxeet, Eothsch. 



I have also sent home some skins and skulls of t>vo species (I 

 say species as I believe them to be distinct and not m n-ely varieties) 

 o£ Reedbucks. The * stony -grey ' species is much less plentiful 

 than the yellowish-fawn species, and does not extend down into 

 the plains, but appears confined to the higher ground on the hill- 

 sides near this station, where there are no swamps. The Wander - 

 obbo, who live almost entirely by hunting, recognize them as two 

 distinct species, and have two names for them. I am hoping to 

 get a fully adult buck of the former, as the one I have sent is, 

 judging from the soft base of the horns, not quite adult. 



14. ^^TCEEOS MELAMPTJS (Licht.). 



The Impala does not, to my knowledge, ocx-ar west of Mau 

 Escarpment, but farther north it ranges west into Turkwel. The 

 bucks about here, i. e. within a radius of 80 miles S.E. and N., 

 carry far finer horns than anywhere else I know of. A short time 

 ago I killed two bucks with horns 23 inches and 22 inches respec- 

 tively (from base to tip in a straight line), and lost, through the 

 stupidity of one of my men, another which I believe would have 

 beaten both of them. 



15. Gazella geanti, Brooke. 



Grant's Gazelle ranges north into Turkwel and the Sak country, 

 but is not found on the Mau plateau. At Njemps and Baringo, 

 and in Tui-kwel this gazelle is considerably smaller than those 

 found further south at Xaivasha and the Athi plains. At 

 Njemps I shot the largest buck out of a herd of 30, in which there 

 were 3 or 4 other bucks. It was an old beast, in good condition, 

 but only weighed 135 lbs. with horns 20 inches. To show you the 

 differences in size, I append some measurements for comparison : — 



G.granti, S- 



Njemps 



(21.9.96). 



G. granti, /^ (two). 

 Gil-Gil river, Lake 

 Naivasha (2.1.96). 



G. granti, (J . 

 Gil-Gil river, 

 LakeNaivasha 

 (4.4.96). 



Total length 



Height at shoulder 



Depth of chest 



Circumference of chest... 



„ haiinch 



„ loins... 



„ throat . 



„ neck ... 



Tail 



Horns 



Weight 



ft. in. 

 5 3 

 2 11 

 1 U 



9 







3 



6 



8 



lOi 



20 



135 lbs. 



ft. in. 

 5 8 

 3 U 



2 9 



1 8 



2 Oi 

 11 

 28i 



158 lbs. 



ft. in. 



5 7 



3 

 1 

 3 



4 

 3 



2 10 



1 8 



2 1 

 10 

 27 



167 lbs. 



ft. in. 



5 7 



3 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 1 



04 

 3 

 1 

 5 



< 2 



6 



1 lOi 

 10 

 24 

 166 lbs. 



