526 BOTID-T'. 



Skull resembling that oi: Antilope, but shorter iu proportion. 

 Nasals short. Lachrymal fossa variable : a distinct lachrymal 

 fissure. Auditory bullae large. Hoi'ns sometimes in both sexes, 

 those of the male compressed, oval in section, erect, with a more 

 or less marked sigmoid curve, sublyrate or lyrate, surrounded by 

 subdistant prominent rings almost throughout. 



This genus contains more than 20 species, distributed throughout 

 Africa, Western and Central Asia (Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 535). 

 Eemains belonging to it are found iu Indian Pleistocene and 

 Pliocene deposits, those in the former agreeing with G. hametti. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



A. Females liorued. Horus not turning inwards 



iit points : no caudal disk G. bennetti, p. 526. 



B. Females hornless. 



a. No caudal disk. Horns lyrate ; the tips 



turned inwards G. suh(juttttrosa, p. 528. 



h. A white disk surrounding- the tail. Horns 



much curved G. picticaudatd, p. 529. 



359. Gazella bennetti. The Indian Gazelle. 



Antilope hennettii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 104 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 



xxxvi, pt. 2, p. loo. 

 Antilope arabica, Elliot, Had. Jour. L. S. x, ]). 223 (1839), 7iec 



Licht. 

 Gazella cliristii, Gray, apud Blyth J. A. S. B. xi, p. 452 (1842) ; 



Hutton, J. yi. S. B. xv, p. 151. 

 Gazella bennetti, Grai/, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 161 ; Hutton, J. A. 



S. B. XV, p. 150 ; Jerdoii, Mam. p. 280 ; StoliczA-a, J. A. S. B. xli, 



p. 229 ; Blanford, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 315 ; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, 



p. 544 ; Ball, P. A. 8. B. 1877, p. 172 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 159. 

 Antilope hazenna, Is. Gcoffr. Jacquemont, Voyage, iv, Zool. p. 74, 



Atlas, ii, pi. vi (1844). 

 Tragops bennetti, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. G95 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 522 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 173. 

 Gazella fuscifrous, Blanford, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 317 ; id. Eastern 



Persia, ii, p. 92 ; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 545. 

 Chinkdra, Chikdra, Kal-imneh, H. ; Phaskela, N.AV. P. ; Ask or Ast, 

 Aim, Baluch ; Khazm, Brahui ; Kalsipi, Mahr. ; Tiska, Buddri, Mudari, 

 Can. : Sank-hnlc, Mysore ; PorsyaS , Chari2, Baori; Burudu-jinka, Tel. ; 

 Bavine deer of some Anglo-Indians. 



Horns present in both sexes, those in the male nearly straight, 

 diverging slightly from the base wlien viewed from the front, but 

 having a slight 8-shaped curve when seen from the side, the points 

 curving a little forward ; the number of rings is generally 15 or 16, 

 but is said to be sometimes as many as 25 ; the horns in the female 

 are much smaller, smooth and conical. Infraorbital gland distinct, 

 having a small opening. 



Colour above light chestnut, a little darker where it joins the 

 white on the sides and buttocks ; no pale lateral bands ; chin, 

 breast, lower parts, aud back of thighs white, the white colour not 



