. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XXIII GAZELLES 295 Ethiopian region. It has a naked muzzle and a bare glandular spot Ijelow each ear, and there is a large depression in the bones for the face glands. The horns are about three-quarters of the length of the head and annulated at the base; height at withers about twenty inches. The females are .:!<:/: ^ ^ r:.W'<^s^4^^^''/, h^^rftLh (.Traceful little Oribis are numerous in East Africa especially in open coun
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XXIII GAZELLES 295 Ethiopian region. It has a naked muzzle and a bare glandular spot Ijelow each ear, and there is a large depression in the bones for the face glands. The horns are about three-quarters of the length of the head and annulated at the base; height at withers about twenty inches. The females are .:!<:/: ^ ^ r:.W'<^s^4^^^''/, h^^rftLh (.Traceful little Oribis are numerous in East Africa especially in open country. They abound in thousands on the great grass}' plain known as the (iuas Ngishu plateau. When disturbed they leap through the long grass and appear as "fleeting streaks of ; When the grass has been fired and the young green grass is sprouting out of the black patches, the little antelopes are easily seen. John T. McCutcheon, the celebrated caricaturist of Chicago, writes :—" When the o-rass on the plateau is burned, the ant-hills show up like a popular cemetery wdthout tomljstones, then the landscape is alive with graceful little oribis,". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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