﻿INVESTIGATIONS 
  INTO 
  THE 
  BIONOMICS 
  OF 
  GLOSSINA 
  PALPALIS. 
  397 
  

  

  Evidence 
  concerning 
  its 
  status 
  as 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  tsetse 
  is 
  conflicting 
  ; 
  possibly 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  ranked 
  fifth 
  in 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  hosts 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  region. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  hunted 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  but 
  less 
  assiduously 
  than 
  situtunga, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   persistent 
  of 
  the 
  antelopes, 
  except 
  situtunga, 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   increased 
  considerably 
  in 
  the 
  depopulated 
  belt 
  ; 
  certainly 
  it 
  has 
  found 
  favourable 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  deserted 
  plantations 
  and 
  village 
  sites 
  along 
  shore. 
  

  

  Bush-pig. 
  

  

  The 
  bush-pig 
  ranges 
  with 
  bush-buck 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  equally 
  common. 
  Its 
  preferred 
  

   habitat 
  is 
  the 
  jungles 
  that 
  grows 
  in 
  marshes 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  too 
  wet, 
  or 
  on 
  hills 
  which 
  

   are 
  not 
  too 
  dry, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  its 
  natural 
  protection 
  against 
  leopard. 
  It 
  is 
  by 
  its 
  

   habitat 
  no 
  very 
  suitable 
  host 
  for 
  tsetse, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  tie 
  with 
  bush-buck 
  for 
  the 
  position 
  

   of 
  fifth 
  in 
  relative 
  importance. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  assiduously 
  hunted 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  both 
  for 
  its 
  flesh, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  major 
  pest 
  

   of 
  plantations. 
  It 
  is 
  properly 
  classed 
  as 
  vermin 
  from 
  every 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  but 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  its 
  natural 
  protection 
  is 
  provided, 
  it 
  will 
  doubtless 
  defy 
  native 
  and 
  European 
  

   hunters, 
  and 
  beasts 
  of 
  prey 
  alike 
  successfully. 
  

  

  The 
  natives 
  aver 
  that 
  its 
  numbers 
  have 
  increased 
  notably 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  depopulation. 
  

  

  Water-buck. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  water-buck 
  on 
  any 
  island, 
  but 
  at 
  certain 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  mainland 
  it 
  has 
  

   become 
  very 
  common 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  depopulation. 
  No 
  evidence 
  associating 
  it 
  with 
  

   tsetse 
  was 
  secured, 
  but 
  its 
  numbers 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  increasing 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  depopulated 
  

   zone 
  and 
  it 
  might 
  easily 
  become 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  some 
  importance. 
  

  

  The 
  natives 
  positively 
  assert 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  formerly 
  unknown 
  in 
  certain 
  localities 
  — 
  

   the 
  peninsula 
  of 
  G-ova 
  especially 
  — 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  common 
  and 
  increasing. 
  

  

  Zebra. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  zebra 
  are 
  running 
  with 
  herds 
  of 
  water-buck 
  on 
  Buganga 
  and 
  Kiteba 
  penin- 
  

   sulas. 
  The 
  natives 
  assert 
  (positively) 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  formerly 
  unknown 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  they 
  

   showed 
  complete 
  scepticism 
  concerning 
  its 
  present 
  existence 
  on 
  the 
  shore, 
  until 
  

   visually 
  convinced. 
  

  

  Wart-hog. 
  

  

  Wart-hog 
  has 
  come 
  into 
  Buganga 
  peninsula 
  along 
  with 
  zebra 
  and 
  water-buck. 
  

   The 
  natives 
  assert 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  unknown 
  before 
  depopulation, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  yet 
  very 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  (The 
  return 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  to 
  territory 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  exterminated 
  

   by 
  the 
  natives 
  illustrates 
  well 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  native 
  population 
  on 
  game, 
  and 
  indirectly, 
  

   perhaps 
  on 
  tsetse.) 
  

  

  Reed-buck, 
  

  

  Reed-buck 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  species 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  fly 
  belt 
  and 
  finds 
  its 
  best 
  natural 
  

   protection 
  in 
  vegetation 
  that 
  is 
  positively 
  repulsive 
  to 
  tsetse. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  consequence 
  

   whatever 
  as 
  a 
  host. 
  

  

  Duiker. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  duiker, 
  of 
  unknown 
  species, 
  was 
  seen 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  peninsula 
  

   of 
  Bunjako. 
  Its 
  habits 
  keep 
  it 
  well 
  away 
  from 
  tsetse, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  observed. 
  

  

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