1890.] ANTELOPES OF NYASA-LAND. 66] 



must obtain them along the caravan-routes through the Yao country 

 between the east coast of the lake and the sea. 



10. Cephalophus ocularis (?). 



A species of Duiker which, following Sir J. Kirk (P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 656), I call by this name is very generally met with throughout 

 Nyasa-land, except on bare open plains or in very steep rocky country, 

 and appears to be known as " Insa" of the Anyanja, " Gwapi" of the 

 Ajawa, " Nyiska " of the Atonga, and " Yisya" of the Ahenga and 

 Anyika. As regards these native names, however, I may be open to 

 correction, as nearly all the natives of the Lake with whom 1 have 

 come in contact appear not to distinguish between the Duiker and 

 another little Antelope (which I take to be the Steinbuck), but call 

 both by the same name, so that I have never been able to determine 

 which of these animals is actually entitled to any or all of the above 

 names, though I have adopted what seems to be the opinion of the 

 majority. 



As I have said. Duikers are common practically to all Nyasa-land, 

 and I have come across them almost everywhere ; I can, however, 

 note a few districts where they have appeared most numerous. 



On the west coast of the Lake, between Mponda's and Cape 

 Maclear, especially in the neighbourhood of Chuaro's, I came across 

 a good many in 1888, and to the north of Cape Maclear I saw a few 

 at the foot of the hills about Amuwa and between there and Mpeni- 

 ba's. At Bandawe, in the direction of Chintechi, in the low thickly 

 wooded hills, between which are patches of long grass and reeds, I 

 have occasionally met with them, and again to the north of that, 

 between Chombi and Karonga's, in a broad belt of low scrubby 

 bush bordering on the Lake. At Nkanga, in 1889, 1 caught a young 

 male fawn, which lived over a month, and then came to an untimely 

 death through accident. 



Nyasa Duikers, I have noticed, vary very much in colour, ranging 

 from a reddish brown, not unfrequently tinged with green, to almost 

 a dark red, while in some the belly is more conspicuous for its white- 

 ness than in others ; in size, too, they are inferior to the Duikers of 

 Natal and parts of the Transvaal, and I have never once come across 

 a specimen of the decided grey which the Duikers of the south 

 generally assume. 



11. CePHALOPHUS MAXWELLI (?). 



This little Antelope, or at any rate a species of Blue-buck very 

 closelv resembling it, appears to be common in parts of the Nyasa 

 country, especially in the densely wooded slopes of moimtains ; and 

 though I cannot claim to have come across any in life, I have yet 

 seen a good number of their skins — notably among the Anyika of 

 Chombi and the adjoining mountains, where they are said to be 

 plentiful. On the thickly wooded mountainous slopes between 

 Bandawe and Syiska they are also said to exist, and again in some of 

 the hills about Cape Maclear ; but everywhere natives speak of them 



