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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST 
  

  

  result. 
  While 
  on 
  this 
  point 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  urge 
  that 
  the 
  responsibility 
  of 
  

   instituting 
  such 
  proceedings 
  should 
  not 
  rest 
  with 
  the 
  game-officer 
  when 
  

   he 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  junior 
  official, 
  but 
  should 
  be 
  undertaken 
  by 
  the 
  chief 
  

   officer 
  in 
  the 
  protectorate 
  or 
  province. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  division 
  of 
  game 
  into 
  various 
  categories 
  — 
  the 
  ' 
  royal 
  list 
  ' 
  

   comprising 
  the 
  animals 
  of 
  such 
  rarity 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  shot 
  at 
  

   all 
  ; 
  the 
  larger 
  animals 
  and 
  slow 
  breeders, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Greater 
  Koodoo, 
  

   Rhinoceros, 
  Elephant, 
  and 
  Roan 
  Antelopes, 
  of 
  which 
  only 
  two 
  may 
  be 
  

   killed, 
  and 
  the 
  commoner 
  Antelopes, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  is 
  

   allowed 
  — 
  has 
  already 
  proved 
  invaluable 
  in 
  many 
  cases. 
  The 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  each 
  colony 
  or 
  protectorate 
  should 
  take 
  into 
  consideration 
  

   from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  the 
  expediency 
  of 
  adding 
  to 
  this 
  list 
  species 
  which 
  

   have 
  become 
  rare, 
  or 
  removing 
  others 
  which 
  no 
  longer 
  require 
  this 
  

   exceptional 
  provision. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  provision 
  is 
  illustrated 
  in 
  the 
  

   case 
  of 
  the 
  Elands 
  and 
  Buffalo 
  in 
  British 
  East 
  Africa. 
  These 
  noble 
  

   game 
  had 
  become 
  very 
  rare 
  there 
  four 
  years 
  ago. 
  Now. 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   special 
  protection 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  received, 
  they 
  have 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  

   recovered 
  their 
  numbers 
  or 
  immigrated, 
  and 
  considerable 
  herds 
  have 
  

   been 
  seen 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  sportsmen. 
  The 
  last 
  measure 
  of 
  protection 
  

   which 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  emphasize 
  is 
  the 
  prohibition 
  of 
  the 
  export 
  of 
  skins. 
  

   It 
  must 
  never 
  be 
  forgotten 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  hide-hunters 
  who 
  were 
  

   mainly 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  on 
  the 
  prairies 
  of 
  

   America. 
  

  

  "In 
  conclusion, 
  may 
  I 
  ask 
  all 
  those 
  interested 
  to 
  bear 
  in 
  mind 
  

   there 
  are 
  certain 
  classes 
  of 
  animals 
  in 
  special 
  danger, 
  and 
  who 
  should 
  

   be 
  therefore 
  specially 
  guarded. 
  They 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  (1.) 
  Those 
  having 
  a 
  very 
  limited 
  habitat, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Greater 
  

   Koodoo 
  or 
  the 
  White-eared 
  Cob 
  on 
  the 
  White 
  Nile. 
  

  

  " 
  (2.) 
  Those 
  animals 
  which 
  pasture 
  on 
  open 
  plains, 
  and 
  which, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  their 
  conspicuous 
  position, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  power 
  and 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  

   modern 
  rifle, 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  danger. 
  

  

  " 
  (3.) 
  The 
  larger 
  mammals, 
  because 
  they 
  also 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  

   easily 
  pursued, 
  and 
  especially 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  slow 
  breeding." 
  

  

  