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on the hind legs, neck extended, and fore feet against the trunk of a tree, reaching 
down the tender shoots, which could not be got in any other way. Thus not only the 
appearance, but the habits of the Gerenik are giraffe-like. The skull extends far back 
behind the ears, like that of a camel. 
“Tt is found all over the Somali country in small families, never in large herds, and 
generally in scattered bush, ravines, and rocky ground. I think it subsists almost 
entirely on bushes, as it is constantly found in places deserted by Oryx and all other 
Antelopes because there is no grass. Perhaps the Gadabursi country is the best ground 
for it, but the Gerenik is almost ubiquitous and need not be specially looked for. I 
have never seen it in the cedar-forests which crown Gdlis, nor in the treeless plains 
which occur in the Haud. It is not necessarily found near water,—in fact, it is 
generally met with on stony ground, where there is a sprinkling of thorn-jungle. 
“The gait of this Antelope is peculiar, and when first seen a buck will generally be 
standing motionless, head well up, looking at the intruder, and trusting to its invisibility. 
Then the head dives under the bushes, and the animal goes off at a long crouching trot, 
stopping now and again behind some bush to gaze. It seldom gallops, and its pace is 
never very fast. In the whole shape of the head and neck, with its extended muzzle 
and slender lower jaw, there is a marked resemblance between the Gereniwk and the 
Dibatag. The texture of the coat is much alike in both. The horns of immature buck 
Gerentk have almost exactly the same shape as those of the Dibatag. Their average 
length when fully grown is about 13 inches. The females are hornless ; they sometimes 
lose or desert their young ones, as I have now and then come on fawns living alone in 
the jungle. The Gerenik stands a good deal higher than an Indian Blackbuck, but 
would be of about the same weight.” 
Mr. Frederick Gillett, F.Z.S., who accompanied Dr. Donaldson Smith 
during the first part of his expedition to Lake Rudolph, has kindly drawn up 
for us the following notes on Waller’s Gazelle :— 
“This Gazelle is more like Clarke’s Gazelle than any other in Somaliland, not only 
on account of its long neck, but because of its habits. Never is it found out on the 
open plains, so much frequented by Soemmerring’s Gazelle, but it prefers the dense 
Khansa jungles, or, like Clarke’s Gazelle, the high durr-grass of parts of the Haud. 
Sometimes it is found in company with, or rather in the same neighbourhood as, Gazella 
soemmerringi, in more or less open country amongst the Khansa-bush and hig aloes. It 
is usually seen in small families of not more than a dozen, but never in herds. It relies 
on its sharp eyesight and long neck for its safety, standing motionless amongst the 
bush or grass watching for an enemy. Most of the Somalis dislike its flesh, not so, 
however, the Lion and Leopard, and many a Waller’s Gazelle is stalked and killed by 
them. Its native name in Somaliland is ‘Gerenook,’ and in the Arusa Galla country 
‘Googoofto.? In the latter country it is very common, inhabiting the jungles frequented 
by Elephants and Lesser Koodoos. It is the most ubiquitous of all the Antelopes of 
this part of Africa, and it is a very common sight to see a buck with its fore legs, like a 
