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Show 468 MR. O. THOMAS ON GAZELLES FROM ALGERIA. [June 5, by its much larger size, heavier skull, stouter hoofs, and by the indistinctness of the light facial bands. The general colour is a bright rich rufous, very different to the pallor of G. locleri. The central facial band is especially rich, almost approaching chestnut, while the light bands on each side of it, although distinguishable, are only slightly paler than the general body-colour, contrasting markedly with the white and prominent corresponding bands in other species. Crown, cheeks, and sides of neck pale rufous. Ears proportionally rather short, their exterior surfaces rufous, similar to the body in general; their edges and inner surfaces whitish. Dark lateral bands very strong and well-defined, although narrow (1 to 1| inch broad), nearly black ; light lateral bands sharply defined from the deep colour of the middle back, concolorous with the neck, cheeks, and crown. Dark pygal band but little developed. Belly white. Limbs rufous in front, whitish behind ; knees without tufts, but with a narrow ridge of rufous hairs running down the metacarpus just below the knee. Hoofs large and heavy, twice the bulk of those of G. rufl-frons. Tail rufous basally, black terminally. Skull (fig. 1) stout and heavily built, with short broad nasals, large and widely open anterior nares, broad heavy muzzle, and large teeth. Fig. 1. Skull of Gazella rufna. Horns unusually short in proportion to the general size, those of the type, which is unquestionably full-grown, less than once |
