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noteworthy peculiarity. It is shown in the two illustrations (figs. 29 a@ and 
29 6), for the use of which we are likewise indebted to the Zoological Society 
and Dr. Giinther. 
Further south on the east coast of Africa this Dik-dik has been obtained 
near Lamu by Consul Haggard and on the island of Manda, in the same 
district, by Sir John Kirk, both of whom have contributed specimens of it 
Fig. 29 a. Fig. 29 b. 
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Skull of Madoqua kirki (side view). Skull of Madoqua kirki (upper view). 
(P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 19.) (P. Z.S. 1880, p. 20.) 
from this quarter to the National Collection. But south of the Sabaki River 
M. kirki appears to desert the coast, and to extend into the interior to the 
Kilimanjaro district. Sir H. H. Johnston, the first scientific explorer of 
Kilimanjaro, met with this Dik-dik at a high altitude on that mountain, and 
in his ‘ Kilimanjaro Expedition’ (p. 355) has given us a characteristic 
drawing of its head. A subsequent explorer of Kilimanjaro, Dr. W. L. 
Abbott, obtained four specimens of this Antelope near Taveta; these were 
referred by Mr. True, in his article on Dr. Abbott’s Mammals, to I. dama- 
rensis, from which he did not distinguish the present species. Mr. H.C. V. 
Hunter also obtained this Dik-dik “near the foot of Kilimanjaro,” and has 
