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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



ARABIAN GAZELLE (Gazella arabica). 

 [Sir Victor Brooke, B?rt., P.Z.S. 1873, p. 544.] 



Hair very short and smooth ; central facial band rich bay above, 

 darker below, forming a nose-spot ; light facial streak very strongly 

 marked, running from the base of the horn over the eye, stopping just 

 below the nose-spot ; dark facial streak distinct, blackish ; breast and 

 belly white ; dark lateral and pygal bands grizzly brown ; light lateral 

 band grizzly fawn ; upper parts of the sides and back rich grizzled bay 

 in adult specimens, the younger animals being greyer ; knee-brushes 

 well developed, blackish ; tail black ; horns massive, the annulations 

 wide apart, diverging gradually from two-thirds their length, the upper 

 third diverging more decidedly, and leaning a little forwards ; ears 

 moderate ; size about equal to that of Gazella dorcas. 



Habitat — South Arabia. 



DORCAS GAZELLE (Gazella Dorcas). 

 [Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., P.Z.S. 1873, p. 538.] 



Hair rather long and coarse ; central facial band rufous above, 

 inclining to fawn-colour towards the nostrils ; a dark nose-spot 

 sometimes present, not depending on age or sex ; light facial streak 

 distinct, encircling the eye ; dark facial streak definite, brownish 

 rufous ; upper and under lip, breast, and belly white ; dark lateral and 

 pygal bands very definite, rufous brown ; light lateral band distin- 

 guishable from the rich fawn-colour of the upper parts of the back by 



