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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Dorcas Gazelle. 



DORCAS GAZELLE (Gazella dorcas). 



This well-known species brings us to the more typical group of 

 gazelles, in the members of which the central dark face-band is con- 

 tinued uninterruptedly up the forehead, and horns are developed in both 

 sexes. Among the special characteristics of the present species may 

 be noted the circumstance that the white area of the rump does not 

 invade the fawn of the back, the indistinctness of the dark lateral band 

 dividing the fawn of the upper parts from the white beneath, and the 

 perfectly lyrate form of the horns, which are of medium length, with 

 the middle portion twisted outwardly, and the tips converging towards 

 one another. Height at shoulder, 21 to 22 inches ; total length about 

 42 inches. General colour pale fawn, of rather variable tint, with the 

 face-markings distinct. 



Distribution. Morocco, Algeria, and thence eastwards through Egypt 

 into Palestine and Syria ; southwards to Nigeria and the Sudan. 

 To the Arabs of Algeria this gazelle is known as rhozal or hemar. 



