The book of antelopes . Heads of Muscat Gazelle, 6 & $ •(From specimens in B. M.) them as belonging to a new species at the meeting of the Zoological Societyon Feb. 27, 1874, under the name Gazella muscatensis, and pointed out theclear differences which separated them from G. arabica, which up to thattime he had believed to be the only Gazelle met with in any part of Arabia. Instead of the massive, nearly straight, non-lyrate horns of G. arabica, SirVictor showed that the new species had rather slender horns, compressed 157 from side to side and distinctly lyrate, with their points turned bold

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The book of antelopes . Heads of Muscat Gazelle, 6 & $ •(From specimens in B. M.) them as belonging to a new species at the meeting of the Zoological Societyon Feb. 27, 1874, under the name Gazella muscatensis, and pointed out theclear differences which separated them from G. arabica, which up to thattime he had believed to be the only Gazelle met with in any part of Arabia. Instead of the massive, nearly straight, non-lyrate horns of G. arabica, SirVictor showed that the new species had rather slender horns, compressed 157 from side to side and distinctly lyrate, with their points turned boldly forwardsand inwards. In general appearance also the Muscat Gazelles differed fromG. arabica in their long and soft coats of a silvery-grey colour, instead of theshort close-set pelage of a rich grizzled bay. From G. dorcas, to which theybore more resemblance, the Muscat species was recognizable by its smallersize, its different colour, and by the intensity of the facial and lateralmarkings. Sir Victors paper on

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