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of the Kain gazelle differs by its larger (11J inches) 

 and more fully ringed horns, the number of rings in 

 this specimen being sixteen, and also by their less 

 distinctly S-shaped curvature in profile, and rather more 

 sublyrate form when seen from in front. In the general 

 contour of the horns, the characters of the face-markings, 

 the very tall ears, and the large bodily size, this gazelle 

 comes, indeed, very close to the edmi, and in all these 

 respects differs from the goitred gazelle (G. subgutturosa) 

 of Western Persia, as it also does by the smaller extent 

 of the white area on the buttocks, which does not reach 

 up to the root of the tail, but is restricted to the inner 

 sides of the thighs. In this latter feature, shown in 

 a mounted specimen, the Kain gazelle agrees with the 

 Indian G. bennetti, from which it differs by its superior 

 size (shoulder - height of a fully adult buck probably 

 about 28 inches), larger ears, and more distinctly sub- 

 lyrate and slightly incurving horns. 



In the second notice I compared the Kain gazelle 

 with the Yarkand gazelle (which I regard as specifically 

 distinct from the goitred species), and named it G. 

 yarcandensis kennioni, not being then aware that it dif- 

 fered by the presence of horns in the female and the 

 smaller amount of white on the buttocks. The name 

 kennioni would stand as a specific title were it not 

 that in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological- Society ' for 

 1873, p. 317, Dr Blanford described a horned female 

 gazelle from Jalk, on the Baluchi border of eastern 

 Persia, as a new species under the name of G. fuscifrons. 

 In a paper published in the same volume, p. 545, this 

 species was recognised as valid by the late Sir Victor 

 Brooke, who particularly referred to the large size of 

 its ears as a distinctive feature, especially as compared 

 to subgutturosa. Later on, however, Dr Blanford, in the 

 'Fauna of British India' (where Jalk is stated to be 



