THE GAZELLES AND THEIR ALLIES 595 



Abyssinian Grant Gazelle 



Gazella granti lacuum 



Gazella granti lacuum Neumann, 1906, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. Nat. Freu., No. 9, 

 p. 243. 



Range. — The Rift Valley of southern Abyssinia In the 

 neighborhood of Lake Zwai, and thence southward to Lake 

 Abaya. Limits of range not known. 



This, the most northern race, was described by its dis- 

 coverer, Oscar Neumann, from specimens collected at Lake 

 Zwai, supplemented by others from Lake Abaya. It appar- 

 ently occupies an isolated plateau region north of and dis- 

 tinct from the low desert where brighti is found. It Is 

 described as a small race, but with larger and wider-spread 

 horns than brighti, and with the dark pygal band fairly well 

 marked. No dimensions have been given by the describer. 

 Two specimens from Lake Zwai, collected by W. N. McMil- 

 lan, have been examined at the British Museum. Only 

 one of these Is without the dark side stripe, but both have 

 the dark pygal band broad and the horns fairly wide-spread. 



LoROGi Grant Gazelle 



Gazella granti notata 



Gazella granti notata Thomas, 1897, Ann. l^ Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 

 XV, p. 479. 



Range. — Southwest slope of the LorogI Mountains. 



The type was collected by A. H. Neumann while ele- 

 phant hunting on the southwest slope of the LorogI Moun- 

 tains, near a small lake or swamp known as Kisima. It 

 was only on this high plateau, having an altitude of some 

 five thousand feet, that this boldly marked race was found. 

 The characters of the race are the presence of a dark 

 lateral band present In the adult male, very wide and 

 dark, extending from the shoulder to the rump patch, 

 and the dorsal coloration very dark or rufous. The LorogI 

 Grant gazelle is known only from the type specimen, which 

 is a headless skin. 



