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grass and short scrub. On the coast it is found in open bush country and 
also in low scrub and grass. A skin in the British Museum is stated to 
have been obtained as high up as 10,000 feet on Kilima-njaro, Until recently 
we have believed the northern range of the Duiker not to extend beyond 
British East Africa; but quite lately Mr. F. Gillett, who accompanied 
Dr. Donaldson Smith during the first part of his adventurous expedition 
through Somali-land towards Lake Rudolph, has met with the Duiker on the 
confines of Galla-land. Mr. Gillett has favoured us with the following notes 
on this species :— 
“T killed three specimens of this Antelope on November Ist and 2nd, 1894 ; 
they consisted of a full-grown male and female and a young female. I only 
came across this species in a small area of country about 20 miles long by 10 
wide, at an elevation of about 7000 feet. I found them living singly. The 
country consisted of long grass with clumps of bushes with plenty of water. 
It was not timid of man’s presence, because my men saw it quite close to the 
Abyssinian encampment, where during the day there were always crowds of 
people moving about; besides which the country must have been densely 
populated not many years ago, signs of extensive cultivation being visible. 
But it hides away in the bushes, and when disturbed does not usually wait to 
make your acquaintance. The Galla name for it is ‘ Kompee.’ The horns 
of the male lay back on the skull and measured 4 in. in length by 22 in 
circumference. The tips of the feet were black for about 2 inches. The old 
female hada feetus inher. ‘The young female measured 26 in. from anus to tip 
of nose and 17 in. the height at shoulder. A great number of them were seen 
in this place by Dr. Smith and Mr. Dodson, though the three I shot were the 
only ones I came across. One of my camelmen recognized it at once, saying 
he bad often seen it in the Barterri country west of the Gadabursi country, 
where it is numerous and called Kodobo. It has not been killed there, to 
his knowledge, by any European. MHarar, he said, was three days from the 
Barterri country; but he has never heard of it there or anywhere but in his 
own country, which he says is exactly similar to where I found these. I 
killed them ata place called Sheik Mahomet in the Galla country: long. 
about 40° 28! 0”, lat. about 7° 15’ 0.” 
The Common Duiker is not unfrequently brought alive to this country, and 
examples may be seen in most of the European Zoological Gardens. On 
reference to our Zoological Society’s catalogue it will be found that examples 
