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(226) and not supported by processes from the vertebrae. Stomach contents 
(227) grass solely. This species (227) soatters its dung slong ite trail and 
does not have the habit of the black one of depositing it in a pile which 
43 what the white rhino of South Afvina is said to do also. Heignt of 
this one 6 ft. 3. Apparently this 4e ® rach smaller form than the 5, 
African, Saw several cob end a defessa. 7... shot a ¢ defassa on the 
way to camp with 30 inch horns. Red.C. and I made camp where the rhino 
fell. 14: Remained at the skin paring it down. During the evening we 
heard a few hyaenas near camp but they did not cone As close as the traps 
set some 50 yards away. Heart the lions at long distance roering. Sev- 
eral Yashengi came in from an elephant carp they had some two miles away 
where they had speared an old ? elephant with rather small tusks. 15: 
Caught en old male leopard in the night in one of the steel traps. He 
ens eaueht by a single toe in a weak springed trap with ® light twig 
drag but he went only a half mile with it during the night. “hen seen 
he was drereing it at a fair rate through the burnt grass but when &pproach- 
ed to 50 yards he turned shout growling and eame toward us. If then shot 
him in the shoulder and he dropned in his tracks. & says that on the 
plein aboye Mahaaje on the nortinest shore of Lake Albert he has seen 
eood sized herds of giraffe when elephant hunting there. ‘hat race this 
can be ie difficult to figure out until specimens are procured. Cotton 
is far eway on the Mile aide half way to Lake Rudolph snd the Sudan form 
is in Kordofan in very different sort of country, (Povell-fotton says 
they do not oceur here but are fonnd at hadoj. 16: Remained in camp 
looking over the buck shot by ".R. consitting of two defessa, 2 cob and 
three Oribi. Ke also sar a few kongoni Imt they were so shy that a shot 
was not obtained. 7.2. went ont for white rhino. He found tro about 
10 A.M. and shot the ? which ren away wounded but was recovered after- 
? 
ward. She had very small stubby horns Like the @ shot several days aos 
Later on one of the men located a ¢d which he shot. ‘his one had 4 some- 
what larger body then the first ¢ with a horn of 25 inches with a very 
heavy bane. %.d.C. and myself wes ont at sundown and eamped {230) near 
the kill which was very near to the place where the first two were shot. 
Set out the large steel traps but nothing came around during the nicht. 
Janutry, 1910. we iB 
Remained at the camp skinning the rhino. R.d.0. shot a ¢ Genhalo- 
shus eriumi, I sar one other vesterday hut they are not conmon fere. 
R.3.0, saw tvo red duikers yesterday while ont with T.R. He desoribed 
them as slightly higher than the common duikers shot today. Picked up an 
adult rhino skull in good condition near camp. The entire skeleton was 
scattered about near the head. 18: Caught nothing in the steel traps. 
Yeard the lions arunting at about a half mile during the night but they 
did not come into get any of the meat. Returned to the permanent camp in 
afternoon. Shot two Oribi on the way over. Saw a herd of 6 mele 
but the old ones had no black on the shoulders, not even 80 much #6 
Ugende kob. Sav a well horned black bushbuck but could not get a shot 
eat it. It appeared very dark brown without any prominent spots and much 
dike masaicous of B.A. 7.2. and ¥.2. sent in two 8 twongoni with black 
legs like insignis but much lighter in color and without the black face 
. @R. and ¥.R. went ous to photo rhino end shot a % which 
charged them about 6 miles from camp. I vent out from camp &t noon to 
sicin the brute. She had ea 25 inch horn and was abont the aise (232) of 
the first %. She contained a large foetus with well formed ho¢éfs which 
we preserved. Om the vay out saw a herd of 4 defassa, 1 common duiker, 
* wv 
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% ob, & herd of 10 Kongoni and tro sinrle ones and two oribi, E.R. and 
at 
Grogan sev a large 7 eaewhion’ the only one which has been seen thus fare 
20: Remained in camp skinning the whino. Shot 8 lerge immature vulture. 
Serr several others but they are rmoh less esormon than the smaller Neophronss 
Caught nothing in the steel traps. frogan and Ke. came in late from @ 
rhino photo hunt end remained all nipht. “hey saw no rhino and only & 
few buck but they met a herd of § warthors. According to the dereription 
of simus in Slater’s 3. Af. Mame. the tail is covered with bristles rather 
than heir and no mention ts mide o? the hump on {233} the neck which is 
a prominent fleshy prominence in #11 thone taken by 7.2. The siull of 
™ R's in also larger measuring shuut 31 4 32 inches in length. Selons 
mentions the hump as the best moat on the animal but does not othersise 
@oserthe it. 21: Grognn end F.%. fount & @ rhino end large calf which 
they photographed successfully. *inaliy the 2 charred and was shot. she 
had a 30 inch horn with the slender forenrd bend of typical white rhinoss 

