One of the first British travellers who visited Somaliland, and made the acquaintance of Speke’s Gazelle, was the late Mr. F. L. James, who proceeded there on a shooting-expedition in January 1884, accompanied by his brother and Mr. E. Lort Phillips[12]. Mr. Lort Phillips read some notes on the Antelopes obtained on this occasion before the Zoological Society in December 1885, and in alluding to this Gazelle called it the “_Flabby-nosed Gazelle_,” to which term Sclater attached a footnote stating that it was “probably of a new species,” but required further examination. This examination Sclater bestowed upon Mr. Lort Phillips’s specimens shortly afterwards (see P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504), and came to the correct conclusion that the so-called Flabby-nosed Gazelle was quite distinct from the species of the coast land. He unfortunately did not perceive that it was the species of the high plateau and not that of the coast land, which had already been named _Gazella spekei_ by Blyth, and therefore gave it a new name, _Gazella naso_, under which appellation it will be found described and its characteristic head figured in Sclater’s article in the Zoological Society’s ‘Proceedings’ for 1886. But, as Thomas has subsequently shown (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 210), there can be no doubt that _Gazella naso_ is merely a synonym of _Gazella spekei_. Another well-known author, who must not fail to be quoted in any reference to the game animals of Somaliland, is Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, R.E. Capt. Swayne has made no less than seventeen trips to that attractive country, and is probably better acquainted with its larger mammals than any other living individual. In his excellent narrative of his adventures[13], Capt. Swayne has given us some capital notes on Speke’s Gazelle and its near ally Pelzeln’s Gazelle, both of which are known to the natives by the same name “_Dhero_.” [Illustration: Fig. 62. Head of adult male Speke’s Gazelle. (Brit. Mus.)] Capt. Swayne calls the former Antelope the “_Ogo_, or Plateau Gazelle,” and the latter the “_Guban_, or Lowland Gazelle,” and describes the peculiarities of the present species as follows:-- “The Plateau Gazelle, which has the ridges of loose skin over the nose well developed, inhabits the elevated country, commencing about thirty-five miles inland. It is found south of Gólis, in Ogo and in the Haud, as well as in Ogo-Gudan, the country near Hargeisa where Guban rises gradually into Ogo.