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and produce a coarse mottled appearance. Belly dirty yellow or brownish ; 
dorsal spot very large and diffuse, wholly black, prominent. Almost the 
largest of the genus.’ 
Bruce’s Hyrax {Procavia bnicei somalica). 
Seen sitting upon rocks and large boulders in Guban. I collected some at 
Daraweina, on the caravan road to Hargaisa. 
A dirty yellow-gray ; fur like a rabbit ; no tail ; size small ; a long, narrow 
spot on back. 
The Pale Hyrax (P/ ‘ocavia 'pallida). 
Guban, North Somaliland. 
‘ Size small ; form stout and squat ; fur very short, close and crisp ; 
colour pale sandy-gray, the hairs chocolate brown basally, with a broad 
cream-coloured subterminal ring and a black tip ; rump rather more 
rufescent ; dorsal spot small, oval, pale creamy-yellow ; the peripheral 
hairs with a broader, and the central ones with a narrower, brown basal 
part, and none of them with darker tips.’ 
The Elephant (Elephas africanus). 
I saw plenty of elephant tracks about Boholo Deno, and all along the 
Webbi Shebeyli bank to Mount Culdush ; but the animals themselves had 
all migrated across the Daghatto Eiver, to the west of the Boorgha 
country. I do not believe there is a single elephant to-day in Ogaden. 
They have all been killed or driven far to the west, to the Shoan 
boundaries. I saw tracks of elephants in the Haweea country, South- 
East Somaliland, at Joh and at Sinnadogho, in the Marehan country, 
but never set eyes on the animals themselves. I heard of elephants in 
‘ the reserve,’ in the Gadabursi country, but did not credit it. 
Measurements of male shot in Somaliland : 
Height at shoulder 
9 feet 10| inches 
Girth 
... 16 „ 2 „ 
Girth of foot 
... 4 „ 5 
Total length 
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Height of female shot in Somaliland 
... 8 „ 
,Tlie tusks of Somali elephants are comparatively small: 4 feet 11 inches, 
4 feet inches, and 4 feet 5 inches, Eowland Ward records as the best, 
weighing 26 pounds, 33^ pounds, and — pounds respectively. 
EODENTS. 
The Abyssinian Spiny Squirrel (Xerus rutilus). 
To be looked for along the Shoan boundaries among rocky ground. 
Colour yellowish-red. Long bushy tail. 
Spiny Squirrel {Xerus dabagala). 
Collected at Lehello. 
Colour reddish-fawn. 
