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horns of medium length, thick, evenly diverging and curving 

 backwards, with the tips distinctly, but not abruptly, turned 

 inwards and slightly upwards ; general colour in summer 

 when the coat is short dark sandy fawn, or sandy rufous ; 

 in winter when the coat is longer and rougher much 

 paler; face-markings indistinct, the median dark stripe 

 fading into white with age, and the lateral stripes incomplete ; 

 ears medium, short-haired even in winter ; an indistinct dark 

 flank-band, and a rather more pronounced pygal band; 

 white area of buttocks rather large ; tail crested and 

 blackish brown. Skull stout, with short and broad nasals ; 

 basal length about 6| inches in Persian specimens. 



The range extends from Asia Minor and the Caucasus 

 through Syria, Persia, and Afghanistan to the Altai, probably 

 also including Baluchistan. 



A. Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa. 



Gazella subgutturosa typica, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of 

 India, etc. p. 180, 1900 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, 

 p. 246, 1910. 



Typical locality Persia, where this race occurs at 

 elevations of from 3000 to 7000 feet. 



Size relatively small shoulder-height about 25 or 26 

 inches ; horns proportionately long, good specimens measur- 

 ing from 13 to 15 f inches in length, with a basal girth of 

 from 4 to 5 and a tip-to-tip interval ranging from 3 to 

 9J inches. 



The range is taken to include Afghanistan. 



50. 10. 21. 12. Skin, immature. Euphrates Valley. 



Presented by the Euphrates Expedition, 1850. 



74. 11. 21. 23. Skull, with horns. Ispahan, Persia. 



Presented ly Dr. W. T. Blanford, 1874. 



86. 10. 15. 31. Head-skin, female. Gulran, Afghanistan ; 

 collected during the expedition of the Afghan Boundary 

 Commission, 1884-85, by Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison. 



Presented by the Government of India, 1886. 



86. 10. 15. 32-33. Two pairs of horns. Galicha, 

 Afghanistan ; same collector. Same history. 



0. 6. 8. 1. Skin, mounted, in winter coat. Near Tehran, 



