298 DR. R. B. SUARPE ON !".Tuilt' 1 Q , 



I presented the skin I shot on the Bahr-el-Zeraf to Capt. Flower, 

 and see that he has named it Gazella rufifrons (P. Z. S. 1900, 

 p. 55). 1 have shot Gazelles at other places on the White Nile, 

 but have never noticed such distinct markings as on those found 

 on the Zeraf . 



8. Hippotragus equinus bakeri. (Baker's Antelope.) 1 



I shot only one of these Antelopes and that was on the 

 Bahr-el-Zeraf, and I found them very easy to approach. There 

 is one point worth mentioning, and that is in connection with the 

 name " Marif" applied by Baker to this species. " Marif" in 

 Arabic literally means " I do not know," and is constantly used 

 by natives when asked the name of an animal. 



3. On a Collection of Birds made by Dr. Donaldson Smith 

 in Northern Somali-land. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 LL.D, F.Z.S. 



[Received June 18, 1901.] 



During the early part of 1889, Dr. Donaldson Smith conducted 

 an expedition of several months' duration through ^Northern 

 Somali-land for the purpose of making collections for the Baroda 

 Museum. It was hoped at first that H.H. the Gaikwar of Baroda 

 would have accompanied the expedition, but he was unfortunately 

 not able to do so, and Dr. Smith's only companion was Mr. Carlile 

 Eraser. 



Starting from Bulbar at the beginning of January, the route 

 taken ran south towards Hargeisa, and a stay of some days was 

 made at Ania, and again at Magog, which was reached on the 

 11th of February. Thence the expedition proceeded in an 

 easterly direction to Adadle, and on the 17th of February Dr. 

 Donaldson Smith went after "big game" in the Haud. leaving 

 Mr. Fraser to collect birds and insects in the Adadle district. 

 Leaving here, they went by Gan Liban (Feb. 22) to Berbera, 

 whence short expeditious were made to the Goolis Mountains. 



H.H. The Gaikwar has very kindly presented to the British 

 Museum such specimens as were desiderata to that Institution. 



List of Authorities. 



The following books and papers are referred to in the present 

 paper : — 



1. Shelley, G. E.— " On Mr. E. Lort Phillips' Collection of 

 Birds from Somali-land." Ibis, 1885, pp. 389-418, plates 

 x., xi., xii. 



1 Scl. & Thorn. Bk. of Ant. iv. p. 4. 



