588 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



Dorsal color darker, dark flank band distinct in the 

 adult female raineyi 



No dark pygal stripe bordering the white rump patch 



brighti 



Typical Grant Gazelle 



Gazella granti grand 



Gazella granti Brooke, 1872, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 601, pi. LIX (colored). 



Range. — German East Africa from Ugogo, in the vicin- 

 ity of Kanyenye and Mpwapwa, northward at least as far 

 as Irangi, but not reaching British East Africa; limits of 

 range unknown. 



The large, stately gazelle which bears Colonel J. A. 

 Grant's name was discovered by Speke and Grant at Kan- 

 yenye, Ugogo district, in i860, during their journey of 

 discovery of the source of the Nile. It was found inhab- 

 iting a dry saline plain having an elevation of three thou- 

 sand feet approximately. The discoverers recognized the 

 species as new and took precautions to make sketches of 

 the specimens in the field. The specimens collected were 

 unfortunately lost in transit, so that it became necessary 

 to describe the species from the notes and sketches of the 

 explorers. Even at the present day specimens from near 

 the type locality are preserved in only one or two European 

 museums. The typical is really the least known form of 

 Grant gazelle, owing to the region which it inhabits having 

 seldom been visited by sportsmen or naturalists. The typi- 

 cal race may be distinguished by the long, wide-spread 

 horns, the light cinnamon body, and well-marked, dark 

 nose spot and pygal band in the male. 



Roberts Grant Gazelle 



Gazella granti robertsi 



Native Name: Winyamwezi, kisi. 



Gazella granti robertsi Thomas, 1903, Proc. Zool. Soc, vol. II, p. 119, 2 figs, 

 of skull and horns. 



Range. — Southeastern drainage area of the Victoria 

 Nyanza from Speke Gulf, in German East Africa, northward 



