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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



ATLAS GAZELLE (Gazella cuvieri). 



[Sir VICTOR BROOKE, Bart, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 542.] 



HAIR long and rather coarse; central facial band grizzled rufous 

 brown above, darker below, sometimes forming a distinct nose-spot ; 

 light facial streak present, but indefinite ; dark facial streak blackish 

 brown, running into and blending with the grizzled rufous brown of 

 the upper parts of the body ; knee-brushes long, blackish ; tail black ; 

 horns strongly annulated, massive and long, diverging gradually from 

 about two-thirds their length, the upper third leaning more decidedly 

 outwards and a little forward ; iTars very long. 



Adult male : height, 27^ in. ; length of horns, 12 in. ; length of 

 ears, 7^ in. 



The above description must be taken as applying to an average 

 specimen, very great variety being exhibited by this large and well- 

 marked species ; in fact, out of a large series, including living speci- 

 mens, I have never seen two for which the same description would 

 suffice. The species, however, is easily known from all the other small 

 gazelles by its larger size, rough coat, dark colour, and unusually long 

 ears. As I have said above, I think the larger gazelle seen by 

 Tristram in Algeria was probably of this species. A skull in my 

 possession is very nearly as large as that of Gazella sQemmerringii. 



Habitat Morocco and Algeria. 



BLACK-TAILED GAZELLE (Gazella tilomira). 



[Sir VICTOR BROOKE, Bart, P.Z.S. 1873, P- 54 2 > Antilope melanura (HENGL., ANT, 

 und BUFF), p. 6 ; 1869, Antilope tilonura (HENGL., REIS, WEISS, NIL.), p. 315.] 



CENTRAL facial band rufous fawn ; light facial streak indistinct, 

 encircling the eye; dark facial streak very indistinct, almost indis- 



