CHAPTER XXI. 



The Ungulates, — continued. 



The Hollow-] Iokned Ruminants, — continued. 



Thb Gazelles. Genu* Oazella. 



The large and extensive group of 

 antelopes known as gazelles brings 

 us to the fir t of an assemblage of Vta. 



several widely-spread genera, differ- 

 ing considerably from those yet 

 noticed Most of these anteli 



i Bmall or moderate size, and the majority of them are inhabitants of the 

 : tli" Old World The whole of them have narrow upper molar teeth 

 like sheep, and their muzzles are similarly covered with hair. Then is very 

 frequently a gland below the eye, and Hie tail is either short or of modi 



fth As a, rule, the horns are com] and lyrate or recurved, or 



cylindrical and spiral, with distinct rings for a considerahle portion of their 

 length Tla- skull has large pita in the forehead 



The gazelles are among the most elegant of all antelopes, and are eharaeti-riscd 

 by their sandy colour and the presence of a white streak on the. side of the Ease 

 from the base of the born nearly to the nose thus cutting off a dark triangular 

 patch in the middle of the forehead, while the streak itself is bordered externally 



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