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there is possibly an unrecorded species with a black lateral stripe, as in Heuglin’s 
Gazelle; but again, this larger black-striped species may turn out to be Gazella Iwvipes^ 
Sundevall (K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 266, form a), the eastern representative of 
G. Tujifrons found in Senegal, and possibly identical with 6^. rujina, Thomas (Proc. 
Zook Soc. 1894, p. 467, fig., skull).—W. E. de W. 
In the country between Berber, Suakin, and Kassala there are several other 
antelopes which cannot be dealt with at length in this book. Among others, a Duiker, 
probably Cephalophus ahyssinicus, a Dik-dik [Madoqua saltiana)^ and others. 
There are several fine species of antelopes which come very near our south-western 
boundary. Of Gazelles there is the very beautiful red-necked G. ruficollis, which has 
recently been obtained in Northern Kordofan. Schweinfurth (Bull. Soc. Geogr. 
Paris, 1874, 6 ser. vii. p. 627) mentions G. dama, a name which properly belongs to a 
closely allied species from Senegal, as occurring in the oasis of Khargeh ; but such 
a very casual reference requires confirmation. The White Oryx [Oryx leucoryx), with 
long sweeping horns, and the Addax [Addax nasomaculatus) are also found in the 
country between Kordofan and the great bend of the Nile. Very beautiful plates of 
these antelopes are given by Kiippell, Lichtenstein, and Hemprich and Ehrenberg in 
their chief works so often quoted. 
Of the last-mentioned species. Major H. Hodgson writes on June 12, 1901, from. 
Dongola:—“ Two days ago I was able to buy from some desert Arabs a head 
and horns of what I believe to be the ‘ Addax,’ and a young one of the same species 
alive. The horns have a curve resembling those of a Kudoo, and the pair measure 
38 and 35 inches taken on the outside of the curves, circumference at base 5 inches. 
The Arabs say they got these specimens at what I reckon to be a point about 130 to 
150 miles away, a point or two of the compass south of due west from here.” 
Very good photographs accompanied this note ; the head was no doubt that of the 
Addax, and the young living animal showed a very strong likeness to an example of 
Leucoryx oi a similar age figured in the ‘ Book of Antelopes,’ vol. iv. p. 47.—W. E. db W. 
Mention may perhaps be made of the Giraffe {Giraffa Camelopardalis, Linn.). 
Burckhardt, ‘Travels in Nubia,’ 1819, p. 282, says:—“In the mountains of Dendor, 
a district towards the Atbara, and six or eight journeys south-east of Shendi, the 
Giraffe is found (Arabic, ‘ Zarafa,’ i. e. the elegant). It is hunted by the Arabs, 
Shukorein and Kowahel, and is highly prized for its skin, of which the strongest 
buckles are made.” 
Buppell, ‘ Beisen Nub., Kordof., &c.’ 1829, p. 123, mentions the Giraffe as one of the 
animals observed on the route from Debbeh by Simrie and Hazara to El Obeid. 
