INDEX 
791 
Koodoo, greater; description, 448, 449; 
8 . 
lesser; description, 444, 445; 8. 
lesser, Somaliland, 81. 
korrigum , Damaliscus, 350. 
Krapf, Ludwig, 2, 3; bibliog., 765. 
Kuhnert, 693. 
kuru, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, 506. 
Lado kob, 512. 
Lake Rudolf, 9, 12. 
Stefanie, 9. 
Lang, Herbert, 632. 
Langheld, Captain, 330. 
langheldi, Egoceros equinus, 329. 
Lardner, E. G. Dion, bibliog., 765. 
Large-snouted dikdik, 627. 
Latreille, 256. 
Lechwi; characters, 519; history, 519; 
range, 519. 
Nile, 520; coloration, 523, 524, 
526; habits, 521, 522; measure¬ 
ments, 526; history, 520, 521; 
range, 519, 520; map, 525. 
white-withered (see Nile), 5, 60, 
5*9- 
lelwel, Bubalis lelwel, 5, 15, 398. 
Lelwel hartebeest, 397. 
leo, Felis; key to races of, 222; color¬ 
ation, 171, 172, 173; general intro¬ 
duction, 161, 162; danger from, 183 
to 186; habits, 164 to 171, 173 to 
183; hunting, methods of, 187 to 
193, 205; lassoing, 210; spearing, 
210; with dogs, 211 to 217; with 
traps, 215 to 220, 222; races, differ¬ 
ences in regard to, 162, 163, 164; 
coloration of, 163; range, 163, 164; 
skull, 164; marksmanship, impor¬ 
tance of, 209; rifles, 204. 
Leopard, East African; characters, 
237; coloration, 237; history, 236, 
237; measurements, 238; range, 236, 
237- 
(Felis pardus ); coloration, 230, 
231; comparison between forms, 
229, 230; key to races, 236; 
habits, 232, 233, 235; man- 
eating, 235; range, 229. 
Leopard, forest; coloration, 240; his¬ 
tory, 239; range, 238. 
habits of concealment, 114. 
highland; characters, 241; color¬ 
ation, 241; measurements, skull, 
241, 242; range, 241. 
Nile; characters, 239, 240; color¬ 
ation, 240; measurements, 240; 
range, 239. 
Lesser koodoo, 8, 444; Somaliland, 81. 
leucotis, Adenota kob, 514. 
Lichtenstein, 514. 
Life zones; description and definition, 
28; map, 24; Congo, map, 24; des¬ 
ert nyika, map, 24; highland forest, 
map, 24; highland veldt, map, 24; 
tropical coast, map, 24. 
Limnotragus, 440. 
selousi , map, 443. 
spekei, 5, 440; map, 443. 
spekei gratus , map, 443. 
Linnaeus, 291, 297, 700. 
Lion, Abyssinian, map, 227. 
coloration of young as index to 
ancestral forms, in, 112; value 
of coloration, 103; value of 
coloration in mane, in. 
East African; charactrs, 223; 
coloration, 223, 224; measure¬ 
ments, 225; range, 13, 222; 
map, 227. 
Uganda; coloration, 226, 228; his¬ 
tory, 226; measurements, skulls, 
228; range, 226; map, 227. 
Litchfield, E. Hubert, bibliog., 765. 
Lithocranius, description, 609, 610. 
walleri , 610; map, 613. 
Lloyd, Albert B., bibliog., 766. 
Lobelia gregoriana, 51. 
telekii, 51. 
Loder, Sir E. G., 736. 
Loita white-bearded wildebeest, 369. 
Lololokui, Mount, 221. 
Lonchitis pubescens, 47. 
Long-snouted dikdik, 623. 
Lonnberg, Einar, 223, 256, 261, 287, 
288, 500, 503, 531, 602, 621, 626, 
629; bibliog., 766. 
Lorian swamp, 12, 477, 702, 706. 
