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to twelve being the average number to find close together. I saw no very 
young ones at this time. When alarmed they dart away among the bushes 
and then turn round and stand motionless with head erect, and make a 
curious whistling hiss when startled. My servants told me that north of the 
Tug Jerad I should not find them ; and this proved to be the case, as I did 
not myself see them north of the Tug Fafau. This would make their 
northern limit about lat. 7°30'. Although so small, they reminded me, by their 
quick darts among the thorn-scrub, of the South-African Duiker. I cannot 
tell the altitude of the district, as we had no instruments for the purpose, but 
I should say that it was about 3000 feet above the sea. The ordinary Dik- 
dik (probably WV. phillips?) was found in this district and was very numerous ; 
often you would see some of both kinds close together.” 
Graf Hoyos, in his recently published volume of travel and sport, ‘ Zu den 
Aulihan,’ likewise mentions this species as occurring on the Somali plateau. 
It is probable also that Giinther’s Dik-dik may extend into the interior of 
British East Africa, as two skulls lately examined by Thomas which were in 
Mr. F. J. Jackson’s collection apparently belong to this species. 
Our coloured figure of this Dik-dik (Plate XX XI. fig. 1) has been prepared 
by Mr. Smit from the typical specimens in the British Museum. 
December, 1895. 
