. The book of antelopes . ich they are now so generally known, I wouldpoint out that this is not a Somali term, but hails from the country nearSuakim, where it is the native name for the Madoqua saltiana. Whensuddenly startled, these little creatures bound off uttering shrill whistlingnotes of alarm. These notes are exactly represented by the words zick-zick,zick-zick : hence the Arab name. I have shot specimens of four species ofMadoqua, namely M. saltiana, M. swarjnei, M. guentheri, and M. pJiilli/psi,and it is interesting to note that the habits and alarm-notes of each are * See On Mr. E. L
. The book of antelopes . ich they are now so generally known, I wouldpoint out that this is not a Somali term, but hails from the country nearSuakim, where it is the native name for the Madoqua saltiana. Whensuddenly startled, these little creatures bound off uttering shrill whistlingnotes of alarm. These notes are exactly represented by the words zick-zick,zick-zick : hence the Arab name. I have shot specimens of four species ofMadoqua, namely M. saltiana, M. swarjnei, M. guentheri, and M. pJiilli/psi,and it is interesting to note that the habits and alarm-notes of each are * See On Mr. E. Lort Phillipss Collection of Birds from Somali-land, by Captain G. E,Shelley, , Ibis, 1885, p. 389, plates , and another article which will appear in TheIbis for January 1896. 77 identical. One curious habit which I have not seen recorded is that theyseem to like to return to the same spot for their evacuations, their droppingsforming little mounds mingled with the sand that they scrape up all round. Fiff. Skull of Madoqua philUj^si (reduced).(P. Z. S. 1894, p. 327.) Our figure of the skull of this species is taken from that given in theZoological Societys Proceedings, by the kind permission of the Society. Besides the two specimens in spirits from Berbera obtained by Mr. E. LortPhillips (one of which is the type) the British Museum contains several skinsand skulls from Capt. Swaynes collection, two skins from Milmil collectedby Dr. Donaldson Smith, and those of Capt. Cox already referred to. Our figure of this species (Plate XXXI. fig. 2) has been prepared fromthese specimens by Mr. Smit. December, 1895, 79 55. THE DAMARAN DIK-DIK. MADOQUA DAMAEENSIS (Gunth.). ? Neoiraffus saltianus, Socage, P. Z. S. 1878^ p. 743 (Anjifolu), Neotragus damarensis, Guntli. P. Z. S. 1880^ p. 20 (fig. skull) (Damaraland) ; Flow. & Lyd. Mamm. p. 338 (1891) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 215 (1893).Nanotragus damarensis, Nicolls & Egl. Sportsm, in S. Afr. p. 56 (1892).Madoqua damarensis
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