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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Scliwarz 
  07i 
  new 
  

  

  to 
  have 
  a 
  similar 
  reason 
  as 
  the 
  dark 
  colour 
  in 
  the 
  Sudan 
  

   A. 
  k. 
  leucotis 
  and 
  Onotragus 
  maria, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  form 
  ot" 
  

   the 
  Lichi, 
  Onotragus 
  leche. 
  

  

  Gazella 
  ruffrons 
  kanuri, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  TyjJe 
  locality. 
  Gulfei, 
  Lower 
  Shari, 
  

  

  Type, 
  c? 
  ad. 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum. 
  Journal 
  nos. 
  1037 
  

   (skin) 
  , 
  69(3 
  (skull) 
  . 
  Original 
  no. 
  12. 
  Collected 
  February 
  9th, 
  

   1911, 
  by 
  O. 
  Eoder. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  race 
  of 
  G. 
  7'ufifrons 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  r. 
  hasleri, 
  Pocock, 
  

   from 
  Kano, 
  N. 
  Nigeria, 
  but 
  slightly 
  more 
  brownish. 
  

  

  Colour 
  of 
  mantle 
  near 
  " 
  cinnamon 
  " 
  (323.2, 
  Rep. 
  de 
  Coul.), 
  

   forehead 
  darker 
  (323.4) 
  ; 
  flanks 
  slightly 
  darker 
  and 
  duller, 
  

   thighs 
  distinctly 
  paler 
  than 
  '^buff 
  " 
  (309.1) 
  ; 
  pale 
  facial 
  stripe 
  

   ratlier 
  broad 
  ; 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  brownish 
  black. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  Distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  narrow 
  orbits, 
  long 
  rostrum, 
  

   and 
  narrow 
  palate. 
  Horns 
  narrow, 
  only 
  expanded 
  at 
  tip. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  skull. 
  Basal 
  length 
  180 
  mm.; 
  palatal 
  

   length 
  199; 
  postorbital 
  width 
  86; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  75 
  '5 
  ; 
  

   nasals 
  39" 
  7 
  X 
  23 
  8 
  ; 
  orbit 
  to 
  gnathion 
  105 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   tooth-row 
  58*0 
  ; 
  horns, 
  length 
  on 
  outer 
  curve 
  269, 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  112. 
  

  

  This 
  gazelle 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  pale 
  colour 
  and 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  its 
  skull 
  and 
  horns. 
  G. 
  r. 
  hasleri, 
  from 
  Kano, 
  

   is 
  more 
  reddish, 
  and 
  G. 
  r. 
  centralis 
  is 
  much 
  darker 
  and 
  has 
  

   much 
  more 
  projecting 
  orbits. 
  

  

  Gazella 
  rufifrons 
  centralis, 
  subsp, 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Magretta, 
  near 
  Melfi, 
  Bagirmi. 
  

  

  Type. 
  ^ 
  ad. 
  Senckenbcrg 
  Museum. 
  Journal 
  no. 
  691. 
  

   Original 
  no. 
  Sch. 
  206. 
  Collected 
  April 
  8th, 
  1911. 
  (Skull.) 
  

  

  A 
  dark 
  form 
  with 
  strongly 
  projecting 
  orbits. 
  

  

  Colour 
  of 
  mantle 
  near 
  " 
  cinnamon 
  " 
  (323.4) 
  ; 
  forehead 
  not 
  

   darker; 
  flanks 
  pale 
  "cinnamon^' 
  (323.1) 
  and 
  thighs 
  exactly 
  

   the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  deep 
  black. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  At 
  once 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  strongly 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  orbits 
  and 
  short 
  narrow 
  muzzle. 
  Palate 
  rather 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  Horns 
  of 
  medium 
  length, 
  diverging 
  nearly 
  from 
  base 
  and 
  

   distinctly 
  expanded 
  at 
  tips. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  skull. 
  Basal 
  length 
  185 
  mm. 
  ; 
  palatal 
  

   length 
  204 
  ; 
  postorbital 
  width 
  97*3 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  82*9 
  : 
  

   nasals 
  54'4x30'0; 
  orbit 
  to 
  gnathion 
  110 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   tooth-row 
  59 
  4 
  ; 
  horns, 
  length 
  on 
  outer 
  curve 
  253, 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  139. 
  

  

  