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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



ISABELLA GAZELLE (Gazella Isabella). 

 [Sir Victor Brooke, Bart, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 539.] 



Hair very short and soft ; central facial band sandy-rufous ; nose- 

 spot absent ; light facial streak present but indefinite, running 

 into the dark facial streak, which is in some specimens but faintly 

 marked ; dark lateral band almost obsolete ; light lateral band of a 

 delicate pale fawn-colour, distinctly visible against the isabelline 

 sandy fawn-colour of the back and haunches ; tail variable, but 

 generally rufous for a large part of its length, the tip blackish ; 

 horns short, massive, and strongly ringed, the tips bent suddenly 

 forwards and inwards ; ears very long ; height less than that of 

 the last species (barely 24 in. at shoulder). 



Habitat — Kordofan, Senaar. 



GAZELLA DAMA. 



[Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., P.Z.S. 1873, p. 547.] 



Hair short and smooth ; facial and lateral markings wanting ; 

 neck, and upper part of the neck, sandy-red ; face, spot on the 

 throat, and the rest of the body and limbs white ; knee-brushes 

 well developed ; ears moderate ; horns lyrate, strongly annulated, 

 well developed in both sexes. 



Habitat — Desert of Korti (Rupp.), Southern Nubia, and 

 Kordofan (Heugl.). 



