736 MR. A. loveridge: notes ox 



138. 142. 130 mm.) from Mbulu's held a large foetus on 14. x. '21, 

 whilst another female shot at Sagayo on 31.x. 22 l\eld a very 

 mniute one. Large herds were met with on the Mkata Plains 

 ■during the dry season. Two instances of Inipalla being pulled 

 down h}'' leopards on the Wembere Flats during the dry season 

 camo under uiy notice. 



Gazella thomsoni Giitither. 



Lala in Ivisukuma and Kiswahili. 



A single male Thomson's Gazelle (1165. 245. 350. 130 nun.) 

 from Sanga, and six females from Nduguyu lliver, tSanga, and 

 Mwadira, of which the largest measured 1160. 200. ."iHO. 

 120 mm. Of the two females from Mwadira, one had a back- 

 turned horn nearly growing into the skull between the ears, 

 whilst the other had a horn missing. This latter held a foetus 

 {19. x. 22), as did one of the Sanga specimens shot on 16. x. 22. 



HiPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS LANGUELDI Matsch. 



Kolongo in Kinyamwezi, Kisukuma, and Kiramba. Korongo 

 in Kiswahili, obviously a borrowed and corrupted n.ame, 



Koan were met with at Izikisia near Taboia (Tabora being 

 type-locality of the sidispecies), Miewa's in Mkalama, and Sagayo. 

 A pair were shot in the last-named locality, where the species is 

 Kjuite common ; herds numbered from live to thirty individuals, 

 one or two herds being met with daily. The male measured 

 2240. 480. 600. 290 mm., and the female 2280. 430. 480. 282 mm.; 

 the latter held a foal nearly ready to drop ( c? . imm. 760. 180. 

 330. 138 mm.), which was somewhat of a surprise as the males 

 Avere running with the does. 



In the stomach of the female were tapeworms (iSiilesia hepalica 

 WollFliugoi) and nematodes {SeMria labicUo-papillosa Aloss.), 

 whilst microfilaria of the unsheathed variety appeared in blood- 

 films. 



HiPPOTRAGUS NIGER IIOOSEVELTI Heller. 



A single female (measuring 1900. 350. 350. 210 mm.) was shot 

 on the hills behind Kilosa on 20. xii. 20. There were some thirty 

 animals in the henl. A larger hei-d was met with at Mkata, 

 whilst single individuals wei'e of common occurrence at Kipera. 

 Tabanids were jiresent in large numbers on the animal that was 

 shot, but no tsetse. 



Tragelapiius scuiPTUS MASSAicus Koum. 



Mbala in Kikami and Kisagara. 



Bushbuck are very numerous at Kilosa, but only a pair were 

 shot, the male with a shot-gun from the verandah of the house. 

 A female Avas shot on the banks of the Simiyu River on 3L x. 22, 



