128 Mr. R. I. Pocock on some 



African c^iJ^fUca — G. [jrant'i. sconmcring'd , and damn — connect 

 the smaller typical African and Asiatic gazelles with the 

 springbuck Aniidurcas; and LydekUcr and Blaine (Cat. Ung. 

 Mamm. iii. p. 85, 1911) adopt for them the subgencric title 

 Nanger, remarking that the group is replaced in South Africa 

 by Antldurcas. Although 1 am only acquainted \\\\\\ the 

 normal pedal glands of G. yrcinti, I am unable to find in 

 G. sammeriugil and G. danta any justification for the view 

 that they lessen the difl'crences between the typical gazelles 

 and Antidorcas, or that they represent the latter in north 

 and east Africa more nearly than the other gazelles of that 

 area represent it. 



In the same Catalogue another subgenus of gazelles is 

 admitted under the name Procapro, comprising the three 

 central Asiatic gazelles jiicticaudata, prznvalsl-'iiy and guttu- 

 rosa, none of which is known to me apart from dried skins 

 and skulls. 



Procapra was established by Hodgson for the reception 

 of picticaudata, which, according to his description, differs 

 from other gazelles in having no preorbitul, inguinal, or 

 carpal glands ; no trace of moist rhinarium, and the inter- 

 digital fossae, described in one place as " pores," small. 

 Moreover, on the positive side it possesses a large postcoruual 

 sinus, by which is meant apparently a gland behind the 

 horns analogous to that of Rupicapra and Oieamnos. Ad- 

 mitting the truth of these observations, and I do not see on 

 •what grounds they are to be disputed, picticaudata must be 

 recognized as generically distinct from Guzella, nwA p'rze- 

 walskii, which at least resembles it in the absence of pre- 

 orbital, inguinal, and carpal glands, must be associated with 

 it — at all events, provisionally. The species named gviturosa, 

 on the other hand, resembles the typical gazelles in having 

 preorbital, carpal, and inguinal glands, the first two being 

 small and the last-mentioned large. Clearly, therefore, it 

 must be severed from picticaudata and przewalskii, for which 

 the name Procapra must be retained. But, according to 

 Pallas, gutturosa possesses a preputial glandular sack, re- 

 calling that of Moschus, Nototragus, and Sus. In this respect 

 it differs, so far as is known, from all the species of Gazella. 

 I propose, therefore, to dismember gutturosa from Gazella 

 under the generic title Prodorcas. 



Genus Antidorcas, Sund. 

 Antidorcas marsupialis, Zimm. (p. 893), 

 Several fresh examples of this species confirm in every 



