. The book of antelopes . SkuH of Madoqua JcirJci (side view).( 1880, p. 19.) Skull of Madoqua TcirTci (upper view).(P. Z. S. 1880, p. 20.) from this quarter to the National Collection. But south of the Sabaki RiverM. Jcirki appears to desert the coast, and to extend into the interior to theKilimanjaro district. Sir H. H. Johnston, the first scientific explorer ofKilimanjaro, met with this Dik-dik at a high altitude on that mountain, andin his Kilimanjaro Expedition (p. 355) has given us a characteristicdrawing of its head. A subsequent explorer of Kilimanjaro, Dr. W. , obtained

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. The book of antelopes . SkuH of Madoqua JcirJci (side view).( 1880, p. 19.) Skull of Madoqua TcirTci (upper view).(P. Z. S. 1880, p. 20.) from this quarter to the National Collection. But south of the Sabaki RiverM. Jcirki appears to desert the coast, and to extend into the interior to theKilimanjaro district. Sir H. H. Johnston, the first scientific explorer ofKilimanjaro, met with this Dik-dik at a high altitude on that mountain, andin his Kilimanjaro Expedition (p. 355) has given us a characteristicdrawing of its head. A subsequent explorer of Kilimanjaro, Dr. W. , obtained four specimens of this Antelope near Taveta; these werereferred by Mr. True, in his article on Dr. Abbotts Mammals, to M. dama-rensis, from which he did not distinguish the present species. Mr. H. C. also obtained this Dik-dik near the foot of Kilimanjaro, and has 86 furnished the British Museum with a skin and skull from that locality. Hesays it is common there, in bush interspersed with aloes on dry soil, and a

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