Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : from observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan (1911)
Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936, Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936, inscriber. DSI, Nebb, C.H.S., former owner. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 311
GAZELLES XXIII 295 Ethiopian region. It has a naked muzzle and a bare glandular spot below each ear, and there is a large depression in the bones for the face glands. The horns are about three-quarters of the length of the head and annulated at the base ; height at withers about twenty inches. The… … Graceful little Oribis are numerous in East Africa especially in open country. They abound in thousands on the great grassy plain known as the Guas Ngishu plateau. When disturbed they leap through the long grass and appear as “fleeting streaks of yellow.” When the grass has been fired and the young…
Natural history · Indigenous peoples · Ethnology
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