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THROUGH SOMALILAND AND ABYSSINIA chap. 
The Dik-Dik or Sakaro Antelopes 
Sakaro Guyu ( Madoqua swaynei) 
Sakaro Gol Ass (Madoqua phillipsi) 
Sakaro Gussuli (Madoqua guentheri) 
General native name, Sakaro 
These little antelopes weigh less than an English hare, and 
I think Guyu must be among the smallest of the antelope tribe. 
In all three the horns are well corrugated at the base, sharply 
pointed, and from one inch to three inches long. The eyes are 
enormously large in proportion to the size of the head. 
M adoqua phillipsi. M adoqua sivayne i. 
DIK-DIK ANTELOPES. 
Length of horns, 2^ inches. 
The Gol Ass (i.e. “red belly”) is the ordinary Dik-Dik, found 
all over Guban and Ogo and in parts of the Hand and Ogaden. 
The Guyu differs in being very much smaller, and having the 
sides of the belly yellowish-gray instead of reddish-yellow. It 
appears to be found in the localities frequented by the Gol Ass. 
In fact both have been shot indiscriminately by sportsmen under 
the name Dik-Dik, which is the term used by Europeans, who 
have often noticed the great variation in the size of adult 
specimens. My attention was first called to the two native 
names only at the end of my last expedition, which led to the 
discovery that they represented distinct species. 
I came on Gussuli for the first time about a day’s journey 
south of Seyyid Mahomed’s village in the Malingur tribe, and 
found it to exist all over the Eer Amaden country. Its range 
