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Show 814 ON THE ANTELOPES OF EASTERN ALGERIA. [Nov. 17, rule, deeper and more marked in the Admi, and stop more abruptly towards the points of the horns than is the case with the Rhime, which gradually fade into the smooth points. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Horns of " Ehime." Horns of " Admi." I think it will be found also that the line of annulations in the Rhime is generally horizontal or depressed from front to back, while in the Admi this line tends upwards. Besides this I have nothing more to add to the very full description of the Gazella loderi in the ' Proceedings,' by Mr. Thomas and Sir E. G. Loder. M y best Rhime horns measure barely 35 cm. along the curve. (3) The Admi (Gazella cuvieri) is known as Admi, VAclmi, or VEdml to the Arabs ; it is also distinguished from the Dorcas " Bhozal " as " Bhozal Bjebel" (Mountain Gazelle). This Gazelle is by no means so rare as is generally supposed, though it is difficult to secure, its quickness and facility for eluding observation being equal almost to that of the Larrowi (Ovls tragelaphus). There is hardly a mountain in the southern ranges of the Aures where they are unknown, and I have seen them on almost every mountain from far to the N . W . of Biskra to the Tunisian frontier at Negrine. I know that they are common on the Djebel Cherchar, and 1 have seen them as far north as the hills and woods of Melagon, near Chelia. I have seldom seen more than eight in a herd, and far more frequently they are met with singly and in pairs, or bands of three to five. While frequenting tbe same difficult ground as the Larrowi, it is more usual to find them in larger numbers on those mountains which are lower than the highest. I have seen them on the plateaux and plains among tbe mountains, and they frequently descend at night to feed on the barley in the valleys^ as also does the Larrowd. The best male horns I have measure rather more than 36 cm. along the curve. |