310 
THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA chap. 
The flesh is good eating. I am not aware that the bush buck 
exists anywhere in Somaliland except the dense forest close to 
the banks of the Webbe. 
Clarke’s Gazelle ( Ammodorcas clarlcei) 
Native name, Dibatag or Diptag 
The Dibatag was first shot by Mr. T. W. H. Clarke in 1891 
during his trip to the_Dolbahanta and MarehMi countries, far 
to the south-east of 
Berbera. Just a week 
after his specimens had 
been sent to England, 
I bought in Berbera 
two pairs of horns with 
the face-skins attached, 
and sent them to Dr. 
Sclater believing them 
to belong to a new 
antelope ; but by this 
time Mr. Clarke’s speci- 
mens had been examined 
by Mr. Thomas, who de- 
scribed the species. 
The Dibatag is com- 
mon enough in some 
parts, but is very local 
in its distribution. 
Since Mr. Clarke first 
discovered it, a few 
have been shot by sports- 
men in the eastern parts 
of the Haud. 
I have been singu- 
larly unfortunate with 
this antelope, never hav- 
ing been in the country 
where it is found till 
I went to the Nogal 
Valley. At that time the dry season was at its height, and 
game was scarce and shy, so I never got a Dibatag till June 
CLARKE’S GAZELLE (Ammodorcas clarkei). 
Length of horns on curve, 9| inches. 
