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“‘For some years before I left it was seldom that a good head with horns, 
such as were common in former times, was ever secured, so that unless the 
Nesotragus has been preserved by the authorities I should think by this time 
it must be nearly extinct. 
“The Antelope lives in the thick bush, it is seldom met with in the open 
spaces between the clumps of vegetation, and has to be shot as_it darts from 
one bush to another. 
““So far as I know, it has only one natural enemy on these little islands, 
namely, a python, which is often of a great size, and which can find little to 
live on here except these Antelopes and mice.” 
In his volume on the Mammals of German East Africa, Herr Matschie 
records the occurrence of the Zanzibar Antelope in several localities on the 
continent. Stuhlmann met with it in Ukama and Usaramo, Fischer at 
Gross-Aruscha, and Bohmer near Mpapwa. 
The German explorers say that this Antelope feeds ordinarily on fresh 
leaves, but accustoms itself to grass and bananas in captivity. Gravid 
females were found in August and October, so that it seems to breed twice 
a year. Fischer found it common everywhere during his journeys in German 
Kast Africa. It is easily to be observed, early in the morning and in the 
evening, if the sportsman hides away among the bushes, as at these times it 
is on the feed. On being alarmed it utters a peculiar cry. 
In British East Africa Mr. Jackson, in his volume of the Badminton 
Library Series on “Big Game Shooting,” tells us that the ‘“ Grave-Island 
Gazelle,” as the British sportsmen call this species, is found in the thick 
bush behind Frere-town, near Mombasa, and also in the Duruma country. 
Like the “ Paa” (Madoqua kirki) it is a bush-feeder, and requires little or 
no water. 
Dr. W. L. Abbott, as recorded by Mr. True, obtained a young male of this 
species at a height of about 6000 feet on Kilimanjaro, where it was brought 
to him alive by the natives. 
There are no examples of this species from the mainland in the British 
Museum. 
December, 1895. 
