The book of antelopes . t work (Plate LV.) have beenprepared by Mr. Smit from the descendants of the animals brought byDr. Aitchison from Northern Persia, now living in the Societys Gardens. The series of specimens of this species in the British Museum comprises askull from near Ispahan in Persia, presented by Dr. W. T. Blanford, ;a head-skin and some horns from Gulran and Galicha, on the Afghan frontier,collected by Dr. Aitchison during the Afghan Boundary Commission;and some skins and skulls from the Saiar Mountains, Altai, presented byMr. St. George Littledale. There are likewise a sk
The book of antelopes . t work (Plate LV.) have beenprepared by Mr. Smit from the descendants of the animals brought byDr. Aitchison from Northern Persia, now living in the Societys Gardens. The series of specimens of this species in the British Museum comprises askull from near Ispahan in Persia, presented by Dr. W. T. Blanford, ;a head-skin and some horns from Gulran and Galicha, on the Afghan frontier,collected by Dr. Aitchison during the Afghan Boundary Commission;and some skins and skulls from the Saiar Mountains, Altai, presented byMr. St. George Littledale. There are likewise a skin from the Eiver Aksu, inChinese Turkestan, presented by Major C. S. Cumberland, and several fineskulls and pairs of horns from the plains of Yarkand, obtained by the lateMr. Dalgleish, and presented to the Museum by Mr. A. C. Hume, Allthese last-named specimens represent the Yarkand subspecies, Gazellasubgutturosa yarkandensis. January, 1898. * See List Yert. An. Z. S. 1883, p. 141. THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES/PL. del et The Marica GazelleGAZELLA MARICA. Published fyMPorter, Hanhart imp 95 86. THE MARICA GAZELLE. GAZELLA MARICA, Thos.[PLATE LVL] Gazella bennetti, Scl. List Vert. An. Z. S. 1896, p. 155, (err.).Gazella marica, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xix. p. 162 (1897). Vernacular Name :—Reem of Arabs of Nejd (Jayakar). Closely allied to G. subgutturosa, with which it shares the substitution ofwhite for the dark colour of the central facial band, the general plan ofcoloration, and the curvature of the horns. Size, however, very markedlysmaller. General colour pale fawn. Facial markings almost obsolete; whendistinguishable they are only of the general body-colour and very slightlydenned from the paler bands between them. Ears long, their backs whitishfawn. Pale lateral band scarcely visible ; dark lateral band and pygal bandpale brown, little marked, scarcely darker than the dorsal colour. Limbswhitish throughout; distinct knee-tufts present. Skull an
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