692 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



black pygal stripe is very narrow and short. The young 

 are distinguishable from the young of thomsoni of the same 

 age by their larger size and more extensive white rump 

 patch and white tail base. 



The measurements in the flesh of average adults are: 

 head and body along curve of back, male 58 inches, female 53 

 inches; tail, male 11 inches, female io>^ inches; hind foot 

 from hock to tip of hoofs, male iS^4 inches, female i6>^ 

 inches; length of ear from notch, male 6J4 inches, female 

 6 inches. Length of horns along curve of largest male in 

 the National Museum 24^^ inches, female^ i^H inches; 

 greatest spread on outside curve in male 16 inches, female 

 g)4 inches. Specimens have been examined at the National 

 Museum from the Athi Plains, Kitanga, Bondoni, Potha, 

 Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha, Lake Elmentaita, and Mount 

 Suswa. The vertical range of the race extends from 3,000 

 to 6,500 feet throughout the open grassy plains country. 



Rainey Grant Gazelle 



Gazella granti raineyi 



Native Name: Rendile, haul. 



Gazella gra^iti raineyi Heller, 1913, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 61, No. 7, p. 6. 



Range. — From the northern slopes of Kenia, north- 

 ward throughout the desert region to the eastern shore of 

 Lake Rudolf, eastward at least as far as the Lorian swamp. 

 Limits of range not known owing to lack of specimens from 

 the intermediate districts. 



The Rainey Grant gazelle was described from spec- 

 imens shot by Paul J. Rainey near the junction of the 

 Northern Guaso Nyiro and the Isiola Rivers, some sixty 

 miles due north of Mount Kenia. Specimens from this 

 district have long been known to sportsmen under the 

 name of notata. The latter, although coming from the 

 same general district, is a peculiar local highland form of 

 the Lorogi Mountains, while raineyi is a close ally of brighti, 

 from the Turkana country west of Lake Rudolf. The 

 Rainey Grant gazelle resembles brighti closely, but differs 

 by the presence of a distinct dark pygal band or border 

 to the white flank patch, by darker dorsal color and larger 



