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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



PERSIAN and YARKUND GAZELLE (Gazella subgutturosa). 



[Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., P.Z.S. 1873, p. 545.] 



Hair in winter rough and coarse ; in summer, much softer and 

 smoother. During both seasons the dirty-white of the face and 

 cheeks is only reheved by the dark facial streak, which is short 

 and narrow, but defined by a sprinkling of rufous hairs ; the lateral 

 and pygal bands are very faintly indicated, the dark bands being 

 more rufous, the light band rather paler than the grey fawn-colour 

 of the upper parts of the body ; breast and belly white ; tail and 

 ears moderate in length, the former blackish-rufous ; horns absent 

 in the female ; in the male long, annulated, and lyrate, the points 

 projecting inwards ; height, about 26 in. 



Habitat — High plateau of Persia, Northern Beloochistan, 

 Afirhanistan. 



