The book of antelopes . or Soemmerrings Gazelle. I should put down the height of this Gazelle at about 24 inches, and its weight,when living, at about 40 pounds. So far as we know, but one specimen of Spekes Gazelle has as yet reachedthis country alive. This was a young male, presented to the ZoologicalSocietys Menagerie in November last year by Dr. L. de Gebert, who hadobtained it at Djibutil, the French port of Abyssinia. Unfortunately it did 131 not live long in captivity, but after its death Sclater, with Mr. F. E. Beddards kind assistance, was able to examine the specimen more closely. It
The book of antelopes . or Soemmerrings Gazelle. I should put down the height of this Gazelle at about 24 inches, and its weight,when living, at about 40 pounds. So far as we know, but one specimen of Spekes Gazelle has as yet reachedthis country alive. This was a young male, presented to the ZoologicalSocietys Menagerie in November last year by Dr. L. de Gebert, who hadobtained it at Djibutil, the French port of Abyssinia. Unfortunately it did 131 not live long in captivity, but after its death Sclater, with Mr. F. E. Beddards kind assistance, was able to examine the specimen more closely. It exhibited a slight protuberance on the nose, as shown in the figure (fig. 64), which by the kindness of the Zoological Society we are enabled to reproduce on the present occasion. Underneath the skin of the nose was a slight cavity, which was easily inflated into a protuberance by blowing air into the nostrils. But dissection, which was carried out by Mr. Beddard, revealed no trace of any glandular structure. Fig. s^k> Head of young male Spekes Gazelle.(P. Z. S. 1897, p. 920.) The collection of the British Museum contains a good mounted exampleof this Gazelle (procured from Herr Menges, and originally obtained fromGerbatir in Somaliland), from which the coloured figure (Plate LXI.) hasbeen prepared by Mr. Smit. There is likewise in the Museum a good seriesof skins and skulls from different places in Somaliland collected and presentedby Mr. T. W. H. Clarke, Capt. H. G. C. Swayne, , Col. Arthur Paget,and Mr. Ford G. Barclay. From one of these our figure (p. 128) of a goodadult head of this Gazelle has been prepared by Mr. Smit; while that of thefemale (p. 129) has been drawn from a mounted head kindly lent to usfor that purpose by Mr. Frederick Gillett, May, 1898. THE BOOK OF ATMTELOPES,
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