266 Great and Small Game of Africa 



Phillips's Dik-Dik (M. phillipsi) 



Somali Name, Sakdro gol-ass 



This, another of the Somali dik-diks, named after the well-known 

 sportsman-naturalist, Mr. E. Lort Phillips, is found also in the northern 

 half of Somaliland. It is slightly larger than Swayne's species, and the 

 rufous colouring is somewhat richer. Its habits are almost exactly 

 identical with those of its congeners, Salt's, Swayne's, and the other dik- 

 diks, and, like them, it is to be found singly, or more often in pairs. It is 

 very abundant upon the plains in the neighbourhood of Berbera. 



The Damaran Dik-Dik (M. damarensis) 



This dik-dik, which is of somewhat larger size than the rest of the 

 genus, has been discovered in comparatively recent years. Its habitat, as 

 at present known, seems to be chiefly in rocky hills and partially bushed 

 country, extending northward from Omaruru — about 60 miles north of 

 Walfisch Bay, on the south-west coast of Africa — to the Portuguese 

 province of Benguela. In general appearance the Damaran dik-dik 

 resembles Salt's species, but differs from that form somewhat in the 

 character of the skull. The horns of the male extend to about z\ inches. 

 In its dentition and the prolongation of the muzzle this little antelope is 

 more allied to the next species, M. kirki. 



Kirk's Dik-Dik [M. kirki) 



Swahili Name, Pact 



This dik-dik, discovered by Sir John Kirk in Southern Somaliland, is 

 distinguished by the proboscis-like prolongation of the muzzle, in which 

 particular it resembles the Damaran and Giinther's species. It is found in 



