AOUL OR SCEMMERRINGS GAZELLE 271 



Skull and Horns of Soemmerring's Gazelle, from a specimen shot by 

 Col. V. M. Stockley. 



AOUL or SCEMMERRING'S GAZELLE (Gazella soemmerringi). 



Somali name, A oul. Abyssinian name, Meidafihel. 



Abyssinian (Danakil) name, Ma^dedo. Soudanese name, Ariel. 



In addition to the forward extent of the white rump-patch, the 



leading characteristics of this handsome species are to be found in the 



absence of a black streak dividing the sides of the rump-patch from 



the fawn of the body, the black-tipped tail, and the very distinct 



inward hooking of the horns, which are shorter and more massive 



than in G. granti. The ears are long and bordered with black 



externally, and the face -markings well-defined and nearly black. 



Height at shoulder about 35^ inches. Weight clean about 90 Ibs. 



Distribution. The Abyssinian coast of the Red Sea, Berber, East 



Sennar, Danakil, and Somaliland ; in the latter country occurring 



all over the Haud and Ogaden. The North Somali Gazella 



soemmerringi berberana is larger and darker than the typical 



form, with differently curved horns. 



