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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
Brush covered upland, with thickets to hide in during the greatest heat of the day, is an ideal home for this 
bushbuck. Late in the afternoon, sometimes as many as four or five of these sprightly animals may be seen 
browsing in an hour’s stalk; old males, however, are generally alone. 
Beyond this escarp¬ 
ment one descends into 
immense plains which 
are rapidly becoming 
settled by far m e r s, 
mostly of the sturdy 
South African B o e r 
stock. A few miles 
north of Eldoret the 
Nzoia River is a wel¬ 
come interruption. 
Here and beyond to 
the foot of Mt. Elgon 
lies a region where a 
great variety of game 
may be met, for the 
country changes con¬ 
siderably. Jackson’s 
liartebeest (B u b a l i s 
lelwel jachsoni) are 
often seen on sentinel 
duty atop the termite 
hills. At their alarm 
they take with them in 
headlong flight all the 
other game in view. In 
the uneven grassland 
Sufficiently open grass country is generally the grazing 
ground of these zebras. By their noisiness zebras 
attract attention and give pleasure more than any 
of the other gregarious game. Their alertness, 
curiosity, extraordinary manner of moving in close 
order, their mad stampedes, and sudden calmness, 
their fighting among themselves, and good fellowship 
with other game, all these traits represent the spirit 
of the plains. Their colorful neighing, especially at 
night when the clattering of hoofs has ceased for a 
moment, is a signal for creatures for miles around. 
the small, fleet oribi 
(Ourebia montana cot- 
toni ) and the deer-like 
reedbuck may be start¬ 
led from their resting 
places. 
On the plain, too, 
we met a large herd 
of elephants ( Loxo- 
donta africana peeli ) 
feeding peacefully 
here and there in small 
groups. Due to the 
nature of the sur¬ 
roundings it is gener¬ 
ally difficult to count 
these pachyderms. 
After many efforts in 
vain, we decided that 
the higher lying hills 
offered us a fairer 
chance of seeing them. 
From this vantage 
point we were able to 
descern that this one 
herd numbered about 
200. But there were 
