230 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



GOITEED GAZELLE (Gazella subgutturosa). 



A near relation of the Mongolian species, but distinguished by the 

 much longer tail, of which the upper surface is crested with black, and 

 the presence of dark and light markings on the face. These face- 

 markings differ, however, from those of all other species save the 

 Marica gazelle (G. marica) of Arabia, in that the upper portion of the 

 face, in adult individuals of the typical race, is pure white, so that the 

 central dark band is interrupted on the forehead. From the Marica 

 the Goitred gazelle may be distinguished by its superior size (height at 

 shoulder from 26 to 27 inches), and the absence of horns in the female. 

 The larynx is swollen, forming a peculiar prominence on the front of 

 the upper part of the throat. 



There are three distinct local races of this gazelle, the ordinary 

 Caspian and Persian G. subgutturosa typica, the Yarkand G. s. 

 yarcandensis, distinguished by its superior dimensions and darker 

 face-markings, and the Altai G. s. satrensz's, in which the bodily size 

 is large, but the horns are relatively small. 



Distribution. Western Asia from Asia Minor and Caucasia in the 

 west to Turkestan, Yarkand, and Mongolia in the east. 



Length on Circum- T- . T- t 



front curve. ference. Tip to lip. Locality. Owner. 



I4i 4 4i Baluchistan . Capt. T. W. Greenfield. 



-I4i 5^ 6 Near Tiflis . . . Clive Phillipps-Wolley. 



14 J 4^ 3 Wana Plain, Wazir- A. J. Grant. 



istan 



13! 4 5 Persia . . . Imperial Museum, Vienna. 



I3i 4i 4 Khelat . . . A. O. Hume. 



13 4l 4i Persia . E. Rennie. 



-I2| 3J 7 Syria . . . .Dr. Albert von Stephani. 



12^ 4 s Do Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



A. The following specimens belong to the Altai race : 



i if 4i 6 Altai. . . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



1 1 4 4 Do St. George Littledale. 



ii A,\ 6 Do A. Louw. 



log 4 6| Do. . . . . P. B. Vander-Byl. 



ioi 4 s Do Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



10 4^ 6 Do Prince E. Demidoff. 



9$ 4i 6^ Do Lord Elphinstone. 



