The book of antelopes . a spekei by Blyth, and therefore gave it a new name, Gazellanaso, under which appellation it will be found described and its characteristichead figured in Sclaters article in the Zoological Societys Proceedingsfor 1886. But, as Thomas has subsequently shown (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 210),there can be no doubt that Gazella naso is merely a synonym of Gazellaspekei. Another well-known author, who must not fail to be quoted in any * See Mr. F. L. Jamess Journey through the Somali to the Webbe Shebeyly,* Proc. E. G. d. 625 (1885). S2 128 reference to the game animals of Som
The book of antelopes . a spekei by Blyth, and therefore gave it a new name, Gazellanaso, under which appellation it will be found described and its characteristichead figured in Sclaters article in the Zoological Societys Proceedingsfor 1886. But, as Thomas has subsequently shown (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 210),there can be no doubt that Gazella naso is merely a synonym of Gazellaspekei. Another well-known author, who must not fail to be quoted in any * See Mr. F. L. Jamess Journey through the Somali to the Webbe Shebeyly,* Proc. E. G. d. 625 (1885). S2 128 reference to the game animals of Somaliland, is Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, Swayne has made no less than seventeen trips to that attractive country,and is probably better acquainted with its larger mammals than any otherliving individual. In his excellent narrative of his adventures *, Capt. Swaynehas given us some capital notes on Spekes Gazelle and its near ally PelzelnsGazelle, both of which are known to the natives by the same name Dhero Fig. Head of adult male Spekes Gazelle.(Brit. Mus.) Capt. Swayne calls the former Antelope the Ogo, or Plateau Gazelle, andthe latter the Guban, or Lowland Gazelle, and describes the peculiarities ofthe present species as follows:— The Plateau Gazelle, which has the riclges of loose skin over the nose well developed,inhabits the elevated country, commencing about thirty-five miles inland. It is found * Seventeen Trips through Somaliland. London, llowland Ward, 1895. 129 south of Golis, in Ogo and in the Haud, as well as in Ogo-Gudan, the country nearHargeisa where Guban rises gradually into Ogo. I have shot large numbers of Gazelles for food at various times, and have alwaysnoticed that the plateau variety has a much thicker and longer coat than the is possibly the result of natural selection, as the high plains of the Ogo and theHaud, where it lives, are subject to sweeping cold winds, and the nights are very coldindeed. The altitude of these plains in
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