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Show 1897.] ANTELOPES OE BRITISH EAST AERICA. 451 fixed the northern range of Buballs cokei at the southern Lake Naivasha, but only the other day Lt. G. E. Smith, R.E., shot a bull at Lake Elmenteita some 25 miles farther north. It was one of three. Of course there are sure to be a few stragglers of almost every species found wandering beyond the limits of their usual ranges, but so far, I believe, the southern shores of Lake Naivasha may be taken as the approximate limit of the northern range of Coke's Hartebeest. 2. BUB ALIS JACKSONI, Thos. In the same way the northern end of Lake Elmenteita may be considered as the limit of the southern range of B. jacksoni. How far west and north it extends I am unable to say, but I know that it is found in Uganda and Turkwel. 3. DAMALISCUS JIMELA (Matsch.). D. jimela is found in fair numbers on the Mau plateau (at 8000 feet alt.) S.W. of this station on the borders of Lumbwa. In August, on my way to Elgeya, I saw one of these antelopes in a herd of Buballs jacksoni on the Mau plateau at 7000 feet. It is also found in the Nyando Valley in South Kavirondo. In 1890 I saw a few, and got one, a fine bull, in Turkwel. It is very plentiful in Buddu, one of the large provinces of Uganda. The so-called ' Senegal Hartebeest' of the Tana river and Galla country, though doubtless the same species, appears to me, from memory, to be very much smaller. 4. CONNOCHCETES TAURINUS (Burch.). The Wildebeest is not found anywhere near this Station, and does not occur north of the Athi plains. 5. CEPHALOPHUS GRIMMI (Linn.). The Duyker is almost ubiquitous. Here it is more plentiful than anywhere I know of. I consider that 25 lbs. is about an average weight for both males and females. 6. OUREBIA HAGGARDI (Thos.). 7. OUEEBIA MONTANA (Cretzschm.). With regard to these Antelopes, I fear 1 can do nothing for you in the matter of procuring skins of the East African Oribi, as I am far away from its range, which I believe does not extend far inland from the coast, and I know no one who is sufficiently energetic or keen on shooting to apply to on your behalf. Personally I have never seen it west of a place called ' Maji chumvi' (salt water), the third up-country camp from Rabai. On the mainland near Lamu (*. e. in the former Witu Protectorate now merged into the E. A. P.) it is very plentiful, particularly so at a |