. Great and small game of Africa : an account of the distribution… . orcas gazelle. The only specimens of the rufous gazelle knownto us have been brought from Algiers by Sir E. G. Loder. The animalwould seem to inhabit fairly well-watered country, and is possibly foundin Western Algeria and the adjoining parts of Morocco. H. H. Johnston. Thomsons Gazelle (Gazella thomsom) One of the Several Species included under the SwahiliName, Swara British East Africa This species has a much more restricted range than its larger relative,Grants gazelle. It seems to be confined entirely to the high open pla
. Great and small game of Africa : an account of the distribution… . orcas gazelle. The only specimens of the rufous gazelle knownto us have been brought from Algiers by Sir E. G. Loder. The animalwould seem to inhabit fairly well-watered country, and is possibly foundin Western Algeria and the adjoining parts of Morocco. H. H. Johnston. Thomsons Gazelle (Gazella thomsom) One of the Several Species included under the SwahiliName, Swara British East Africa This species has a much more restricted range than its larger relative,Grants gazelle. It seems to be confined entirely to the high open plainsof Masailand, which are comprised in a strip of country of no great width,extending from about the latitude of Kilimanjaro (where Mr. F. J. Jackson,to whom I am indebted for much valuable information, tells me it is found PLATE X Thomsons Gazelle Head. 5- Mhorr Gazelle Head. Grants Gazelle Head (male). 6. Clarkes Gazelle Head. Grants Gazelle Head (female) Wallers Gazelle Head. Scemmcrrings Gazelle Head. 8. Beira Antelope Head. Great 6cSmall Game of Africa PubhskeJ Vy-RowU Thomsons Gazelle 353 in the plains on both sides of the northern half of the mountain) in a north-north-west direction to near the equator, and then trending slightly to theeast of north for about another degree over the Laikipia plateau, on thenorth-eastern edge of which, where it is bounded by the Lorogi range, Ihave myself met with it,1 its limit here coinciding with that of Jacksonshartebeest. It is found in herds, often of considerable size, and I have it on theabove-named unimpeachable authority that between Lakes Naivasha andNakuru it is more plentiful than anywhere else. Grants gazelle is alsonumerous wherever Thomsons is found, and the two kinds may often beseen intermingling. Thomsons is quite a small gazelle. The measurements of an adultmale carefully taken by me were as follows :— Height at shoulder, 26 inches ; length from between horns to root oftail, 38 inches ; tail, 7^ ; girth be
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