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in length along the spinal cord, and stood 31 J ins. at the 

 shoulder. The stuffed specimen stands 30 ins. at the shoulder. 

 Three pairs of horns measured 13 J ins., 13^ ins. and 13 ins. 



Sterndale remarks that the inflated nostrils ' are so much 

 lengthened as to necessitate the animal's walking backwards 

 when it feeds.' The fortunate sportsman who comes across 

 this rare variety should therefore remember to post himself 

 astern of a herd should he wish it to feed up to him — though 

 he may possibly find that nature has provided the animal with 



Saiga tartarica 



means of twitching its nose out of the way to obviate so un 

 comfortable a method of grazing. 



Gazella giitttirosa 



This is another little known variety. It is found in Mon- 

 golia, and is the one Ward refers to as the ' hwang yang, or 

 yellow goat.' There is a stuffed specimen in the British 

 Museum, which stands 31 ins. at the shoulder, is of a pale 

 yellowish white, with coarse hairs, and has horns \o\ ins. in 

 length, of the regular gazelle type in shape and ribbing, much 

 resembling those of the Gazella picticaudata. 



