The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . Scientific Results of tbeSecond Tarkand Expedition, where a coloured plate is given of a groupin the summer dress. The specimens came from the neighbourhoodof Yarkand and K ash gar, that is to say, from Eastern Turkestan, or whatis now frequently called Chinese Turkestan. In the original description the Yarkand gazelle was stated to differprincipally from the typical Persian gazelle in the much darker face-markings, and in the smaller degree of divergence of the horns of thebucks. It was also said to be probably larger, although not muchimpor
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . Scientific Results of tbeSecond Tarkand Expedition, where a coloured plate is given of a groupin the summer dress. The specimens came from the neighbourhoodof Yarkand and K ash gar, that is to say, from Eastern Turkestan, or whatis now frequently called Chinese Turkestan. In the original description the Yarkand gazelle was stated to differprincipally from the typical Persian gazelle in the much darker face-markings, and in the smaller degree of divergence of the horns of thebucks. It was also said to be probably larger, although not muchimportance was attached to this point, on account of a presumed variation The Goitred Gazelle i8i in size of the typical race. The largest number of ridges on any ot theYarkand horns was fourteen. The colour of the upper-parts of the animalsis described as light rufous brown (fawn). In the coloured plate theface-markings are represented as very strongly developed, the niiddle onerunning right up the forehead, where it splits to terminate at the base of. Fig. 29.—Skulls and Horns of Yarkand and Persian Races of the Goitred Gazelle. The specimenshown in the right top and the central lower figure alone belongs to the Persian race. Fromspecimens in the Collection of Mr. A. O. Hume. each horn ; between the dark bands, with the exception of a narrow streak,the greater part of the face is fawn-coloured like the back, so that thereis a complete absence of white on the forehead. The white on thebuttocks is represented in Mr. Blanfords plate as extending more on to theirsides than is the case with the typical Persian gazelle in its winter number of skulls of this gazelle, collected by the late Mr. Dalgleish 182 Great and Small Game of India, etc. while in Yarkand, were presented by Mr. A. O. Hume to the BritishMuseum. The horns of all these are longer and stouter than those of thetypical Persian gazelle, and are specially characterised by their much lessnumerous ridges, which seldom
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