202 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



districts of Oman, and is also recorded from Bahrein Islands in the Persian 

 Giilt'. It is known to the Arabs as the r/w, a title also applieii to a North 

 African species of gazelle. 



THE DORCAS GAZELLE 



[Gcrzc/lci (lore as) 



With this species we come to the typical group of gazelles, in which 

 the central dark band on the face is continuous, horns are present in both 

 sexes, the fawn of the back extends on to the buttocks, the dark tiank-band 

 is but indistinctly marked, and the tips of the horns are curved slightly 

 inwards or upwards, and are not bent back at a right angle. From its 

 nearest relatives the present species, which inhabits Algeria, ICgypt, and 

 Palestine, is distinguished by the moderately long horns being distinctly 

 lyrate, with the middle portion twisted outwards, and the tips again 

 approximating. 



The Dorcas gazelle is described in the Great and Small Game of Africa, 

 and therefore needs no further mention here. 



THE ARABIAN GAZELLE 



( Gazclla arabica) 



(Plate II. Fig. i i) 



This species is a medium -sized gazelle in which the horns are not 

 perfectly lyrate, and tlie muzzle is marked with a black spot. The height 

 at the withers varies from about 24 to 25 inches ; and the most distinctive 

 feature by which the species is distinguished from the allied forms is the 



