262 Great and Small Game of Africa 



skull is remarkable for the shortness of the nose-bones and large size of 

 the nasal chamber ; and it has large but shallow gland-pits, and also 

 unossified spaces. In some species the last tooth in the lower jaw is 

 peculiar in having only two lobes in place of the normal three. None of 

 the species are larger than a hare, and all are of delicate and slender build. 

 They naturally fall into two groups, as follows : — 



A. Two lobes to last lower tooth, trunk slightly developed. 



1. Salt's Dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana). 



2. Swayne's Dik-dik ( ,, swaynei). 



3. Phillips's Dik-dik ( „ phiilipsi). 



B. Three lobes to last lower tooth, trunk well developed. 



4. Damaran Dik-dik {Madoqua damareusis). 



5. Kirk's „ ( „ kirki). 



6. Cavendish's „ ( „ cavendishi). 



7. Giinther's „ ( „ guentfieri). 



East African Dik-Diks 

 In East Africa there are no less than four species of Madoqua, all of 

 which are known to the Swahilis by the one name paa. These are 

 M. kirki, M. cavendishi, M. guentheri, and another which has so far been 

 confounded with M. kirki, but which will, I believe, prove to be an entirely 

 distinct species. All are remarkable for their curious prehensile noses. 

 The paa is found all the way from the coast as far west as Kilimanjaro, 

 and north as far as Baringo, but so little interest has been taken in these 

 tiny antelopes that it is most difficult to define their limits, and find out 

 where one species ends and another begins. That they run into each 

 other there is no doubt, but I do not think they are at all likely to inter- 

 breed. In habits they are all alike, and are only found in the driest 

 sandy and stony bush country, often far away from any water. No doubt 



