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Show 1900.] FAUNA OF THE WHITE NILE. 955 curling horns of C. maria look very fine, but the gait of the when galloping over the rough ground is very ungainly and awkward looking. CERVICAPRA BOHOR (Eiipp.). The Bohor Eeedbuck was met with near Jebel Ahmed Agar, and on the Zeraf and Ghazal rivers; singly or in parties of one buck and one or two does. I think this species the most graceful of all the White Nile antelopes. OUREBIA MONTANA (Eiipp.). Oribis were met with near Kaka and Jebel Ahmed Agar, singly or in pairs, in the long grass and bush. Both sexes are coloured alike : that is, rich reddish fawn above, paler at the sides, and white underneath ; there is no black at all on tail, face, or sides. GAZELLA RUFIFRONS Gray. The Eed-fronted Gazelle was met with on both banks of the White Nile from Abu Zeit to Kaka. Colour (sexes alike). Above bright rufous fawn, below pure white, a well-defined and conspicuous black stripe on the side of the body, last three-quarters of tail black • no black marks on face. HlPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS BAKERI (HeUgl.). Baker's Eoan Antelope, locally known as the " Abu Aroof," was met with near Jebel Ahmed Agar and on the Bahr-el-Zeraf. TRAGELAPHUS sp. inc. A large long-horned species of Bushbuck was observed by Lieut. Drury, E.N., on the Bahr-el-Jebel. Family SUIDAE. PHACOCHO-RUS AFRICANUS (Gm.). Wart-hogs were met with only on the 22nd April, some miles south of Jebel Ain. Family HIPPOPOTAMID^E. HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS L. The Hippopotamus was first seen a little to the south of 14° North latitude, but did not become plentiful till south of Abu Zeit ford : these Northern animals were rather angular and starved-looking. Except in that part of the Bahr-el-Jebel where the sudd blocks were, we found the Hippopotamus very numerous wherever we went on the White Nile, Zeraf, Jebel, Ghazal, and Arab rivers, particularly in Lakes No and Ambadi. Between the 13th March and the 23rd April we saw Hippopotamuses on 34 days out of 42. |