. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 14 NATURAL SIS TOR r coinpaiecl with that of some of the other rutniiiatiug animals, the whole face being far too sheep-like, and til is remark equally applies to all its near allies. The Dorcas Gazelle is a name by which it is also known. Like many other members of the genus, it has a tuft of hair upon each knee. The tail is long and tapering ; the body hair rather coarse and of a pale fawn colour. The hips, as well as the breast and the abdomen, are white. As to their habits, Mr. Blanford, in hLs work on Abyssinia, tells us that, so far
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 14 NATURAL SIS TOR r coinpaiecl with that of some of the other rutniiiatiug animals, the whole face being far too sheep-like, and til is remark equally applies to all its near allies. The Dorcas Gazelle is a name by which it is also known. Like many other members of the genus, it has a tuft of hair upon each knee. The tail is long and tapering ; the body hair rather coarse and of a pale fawn colour. The hips, as well as the breast and the abdomen, are white. As to their habits, Mr. Blanford, in hLs work on Abyssinia, tells us that, so far as his observation went, " neither the Dorcas nor Bennett's Gazelle is ever seen in large flocks, like the animals of the Spring-bok group. Usually both are seen solitary, or from two to five together, inhabiting thin bushes generally on broken ground. They feed much upon the leaves of bushes. The male has a jieculiar habit, when siirprised, of standing still and uttering a short, sharp cry. Like most Antelopes, they keejs much to the neighboiu-hood of some pai-ticular spot. After long observation, I am convinced that Bennett's Gazelle never drinks ; and all that I could ascertain of the Dorcas Gazelle leads to the same conclusion in its ; Captain Baldwin says tluit, " like other Antelopes, the little Ravine Deer [Ijy which is meant. :^- Bennett's Gazelle] has many enemies besides man. One day, when out witli my rifle, I noticed m, old female Gazelle stamping her feet, and every now and then making that 'hiss' which is the alarm-note of the animal. It was not I that was the cause of her terror, for I had passed close to her only a few minutes before, and she seemed to understand by my manner that I meant no harm. No ; there was something else. I turned back, and on looking down a ravine close by, saw a crafty Wolf attempting a stalk on the mother and young one. Another day, at Agra, a pair of Jackals joined in the chase of a wounded Buck. " The Chikarah
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