ox THE SOMALI DIK-BIKS. 977 



I must not close tliis paper without expressing my sincere 

 acknowledgments to Prof. Dr. Reichenow, Mainz ; Dr. A. 

 Menegaux, Paris; M. A. deMontlezun, Toulouse; and M. Chaine, 

 Bordeaux, for heljiing me with measurements and other information 

 about specimens in their respective museums. 



EXPLANATION OP THE PLATES. 



Plate LII. 



Capi'a pijrenaica Jiispanioa. — Adult male from tlie Sierra Nevada, in summer coat. 

 Madrid Museum of Natural Science. 



Plate LIII. 



Oapra pyrenaica victoria. — Old male (t3'pe) from Madrigal de la Vera, and adult 

 female from Boho^'O, both in summer coat. Madrid Museum of Natural Science. 



Plate LIV. 



Capra pi/renaica victorice. — ^Old male from Bohoyo, in winter coat. 

 Madrid Museum of Natural Science. 



44. On Antelopes of the Grenera Madoqua and Rhynclwtragus 

 found in Somaliland. By R. E. Drake-Brockman, 

 M.H.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.Z.S. 



[Received and Read June 13, 1911.] 

 (Plates LV. & LYI.*) 



The Dik-diks. 



The Somali country might justly be termed the home of the 

 Dik-diks, for not only are most of the known species found there 

 but all the remainder at present known, save Madoqua dam.a- 

 rensis, are to be found in the adjoining territories. 



These little Antelopes, affording but poor sport for the big- 

 game hunter, have been quite overlooked by the sportsman until 

 the last fifteen years or so. 



Dik-diks are invariably found in what might be termed the 

 acacia bush countiy, dry and arid regions where the ti-ees seldom 

 grow beyond the height of bushes, and where there is sufficient 

 thick xnidergrowth to afford them protection, while at the same 

 time it permits of their running about freely between the bushes 

 and plants. In the dense aloe and sansevieria patches so 

 frequently met with in these parched regions, Dik-diks will nearly 

 always be plentiful, owing to the excellent shelter they afford for 

 these diminutive creatures. 



Most of the small plants and bushes supply them with food, but 

 the various varieties of stunted acacias are undoubtedly their 

 favourites. Personally I cannot recall having met with Dik-diks 

 in any place where these stunted acacias were not to be found. 



* For explanation of the Plates see page 984. 



