The book of antelopes . y denned. Darklateral band black, strongly marked, though narrower than in G. thomsoni;a sandy line present between it and the white of the belly. No dark pygalband. Tail sandy at base, the remainder black. Knee-brushes present,dark sandy. Horns not, or little, longer than the head, lyrate, parallel at base, curvingoutwards above and then abruptly twisted inwards towards each other atthe tip, the ends each forming a sharp hook, similar to that found inG. soemmerringi, but even more strongly bent inwards. Hab. Bogosland, North-east Africa. y2 160 What little we know of t
The book of antelopes . y denned. Darklateral band black, strongly marked, though narrower than in G. thomsoni;a sandy line present between it and the white of the belly. No dark pygalband. Tail sandy at base, the remainder black. Knee-brushes present,dark sandy. Horns not, or little, longer than the head, lyrate, parallel at base, curvingoutwards above and then abruptly twisted inwards towards each other atthe tip, the ends each forming a sharp hook, similar to that found inG. soemmerringi, but even more strongly bent inwards. Hab. Bogosland, North-east Africa. y2 160 What little we know of this Gazelle is chiefly due to the researches ofthe late Baron Theodor von Heuglin, an energetic collector and observer ofthe Mammals and Birds of North-eastern Africa, whose name we havealready had frequent occasion to mention in the pages of this work. In theabsence of any better designation, we have selected Heuglins Gazelle asits English name, which is so far applicable that, besides being its first Fie. 71. Fie. Heads of Heuglins Gazelle, 6 & $ •(From specimens in B. M.) describer, Heuglin is the only naturalist that has recorded observations on itas met with in its native wilds. Heuglin passed several months in the fertileterritory of Bogos, north of Abyssinia (now, we believe, included in theItalian colony of Eritrea ), when attached to the German expedition sentout in search of the much-lamented traveller Dr. Eduard Vogel. Hethoroughly explored this country, which is traversed by the Eiver Anseba, 161 and discovered many new birds and mammals, which were subsequentlydescribed in his various works. Amongst the mammals was the presentspecies of Gazelle, which he met with only on the bushy plains round Ain-Saba from 3000 to 5000 feet above the sea-level, in small families of fromthree to six individuals. In his original description Heuglin called thisGazelle Antilope melanura, but subsequently altered its specific name to tilonura, there having been already an Antilo
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