THE LARGER EAST AFRICAN ANTELOPES 



where south of Lake Rudolph, wherever the country suits 

 his requirements. Like all true gazelles, he is mostly found 

 on the vast plains, but is sometimes seen in very open 

 bush country. They go in large herds, numbering any- 

 where from a dozen to one hundred and fifty or more, and 

 are not " exclusive " like the impala, but are often met 

 browsing together with other animals, such as the zebra, 

 hartebeest, oryx, and the little Thomson's gazelle, with 

 which they seem to live on terms of great intimacy. This 

 latter, a little fellow, generally called " Tommy," is so much 

 like the Grant's in coloring and general build that he is 

 often mistaken for the same at long distance. A careful 

 observer, however, need not make this mistake, for the 

 horns of the Grant's gazelle are much more developed than 

 those of the "' Tommy," and the latter is always switching 

 his tail to and fro while he is feeding, which the former 

 very seldom does. 



The Grant's gazelle stands a little less than three feet 

 above the shoulders. The color of his skin is dull fawn, 

 separated from the snow-white belly by dark brown bands 

 on the flanks. The beautiful head is marked with an 

 almost black rufous band, which runs back from the 

 upper part of the nose to the base of the horns. White 

 stripes and other narrow black ribbons separate this band 

 from the fawn-colored under part of the head and face. 

 The very regularly ringed horns are most gracefully 

 curved, bending first a little forward, then backward, and 

 then again forward, while they also spread out consider- 

 ably sideways. The local variety, obtained in the central 

 and southern parts of British East Africa, has the horns 

 much more spread out than the species the sportsman will 

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