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is very strongly of opinion that, though found in the same localities, these 
two Antelopes are, as is asserted by the natives, quite distinct. 
The “ Sakdra Guyu,” as the Somalis call the present species, is found, 
according to Capt. Swayne, in pairs in suitable localities all over Northern 
Somaliland. It lives in broken ground, where there is good cover of low 
mimosa-scrub, and is never seen in open grass plains, but is specially partial 
to aloe undergrowth. The female exposes herself most to view, and is 
consequently more often shot. 
“They lie very close, and when disturbed they dart off at speed with two 
or three sharp whistling alarm-notes uttered in quick succession. This often 
gives the alarm to larger game. 
“Three or four Sakaro may be seen together, seldom or never more. 
‘Young Sakaro are soon able to take care of themselves, and only when 
very young can they be run down on foot by the Somalis, who often catch 
them to eat. The Somalis, who are sensible in most ways, are peculiar in 
that they do not eat birds, and know little about them, calling them contemp- 
tuously ‘Shimbir,’ the Arabic for bird, but generally having no names for 
the different kinds. They say birds are ‘ Haram,’ or forbidden food. 
‘“‘T have seen probably eighty Sakdro in the course of a day. ‘Their habits 
are those of the hare, and they live in similar ground. 
“They nibble the young shoots of the mimosa. They like to be near 
water, and go to drink at midday and just after nightfall. ‘They are 
especially lively in the afternoon and evening.” 
Besides Capt. Swayne’s skins there are specimens in the British Museum 
obtained by Herr Menges at Gerbatir, in Northern Somaliland, which are 
provisionally referred to this species, and also two examples presented (in 
April 1894) by Dr. Donaldson Smith from Milmil in the interior of that 
country. 
We have received no further material towards elucidating this difficult 
point since 'homas wrote his monograph of the genus, and must therefore 
leave it for future workers to settle. In collecting skins and skulls, sports- 
men are particularly requested to mark very carefully on them which skin 
belongs to each skull, as it is to the habitual neglect of such labelling that 
the present impossibility of clearing the matter up is mainly due. 
December, 1895. 
