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Show 1873.] SIR V. BROOKE ON THE GENUS GAZELLA. 549 which is darkest on the neck, runs down the front of the fore and outside of the hind extremities; lateral bands wanting; pygal band blackish rufous, very thin and short. Ears moderate. Horns in both sexes ; in the male very massive and rather short, strongly annulated, the points projecting suddenly and boldly forwards. Knee-brushes long. Height about 34". Hab. Senegal. Mr. Bennett was the first to point out the decided difference between this and the species last described. Specimens of Gazella mohr vary greatly, especially in the decision of the facial markings ; but the much deeper shade and wider distribution of the red of the upper parts of the body, running as it does the entire length along the outside of the legs, and the much more massive and differently curved horns of the present species, render it always easy to distinguish it from Gazella dama. 17. GAZELLA SCEMMERRINGI. 1826. Antilope scemmerringii, Cretzschm. Riipp. Zool. Atl. p. 49, t. 19. 1829. , Fisch. Syn. p. 462. 1835. , Riipp. Wirbelth. p. 25. 1843. Gazella scemmerringii, Gray, Cat. M a m m . Brit. Mus. p. 161. 1844. Antilope scemmerringii, Wagn. Schreb. Suppl. iv. p. 415. 1846. , Sund. Pec. p. 266. 1850. , Turner, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 168. 1852. , Gray, Cat. M a m m . Brit. Mus. p. 59. 1855. , Wagn. Saugeth. p. 405. 1859. , Gieb. Saugeth. p. 308. 1863. , Heugl. Ant. u. Buff. p. 7. 1867. , Scl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 817, plate 37. 1869. , Heugl. Reis. Weiss. Nil, p. 315. 1870. , Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 2G0. 1872. , Gray, Cat. Rum. Brit. Mus. p. 39. Hair smooth and short. Facial band blackish, slightly rufous between the horns ; light facial streak white, well marked; dark facial streak blackish, very definite, running through the eye and leaving its upper end as a black spot isolated above it. A spot below the eye, chin, throat, and a spot in front of the neck white; lateral bands wanting; breast, belly, tail, and rump white, the white of the latter encroaching into the sandy fawn-colour of the rest of the body and the haunches. Knee-brushes well developed. Ears long, bordered externally with black. Horns in the male lyrate, massive, and strongly annulated, well developed but less massive in the female. Height about 30". Hab. Abyssinian coast of the Red Sea, Danakil and Somali countries, Berber, and East Senaar (Heuglin). This Gazelle, according to Blanford, inhabits bush and low acacia-shrub- covered plains, never ascending the hills. They keep in large flocks and appear to drink daily. The intensity of the facial markings varies but is always remarkably strong in this species. |