CHAPTER XXL 



The Ungulates, — continued. 



The Hollow-Horned Ruminants, — continued. 



The Gazelles. Genus Gazella. 



A ''TREK" OF SPRINGBOK. 



The large and extensive group of 

 antelopes known as gazelles brings 

 us to the first of an assemblage of %>£ 



several widely-spread genera, differ- 

 ing considerably from those yet 

 noticed. Most of these antelopes 

 are of small or moderate size, and the majority of them are inhabitants of the 

 deserts of the Old World. The whole of them have narrow upper molar teeth 

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

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

 length. As a rule, the horns are compressed and lyrate or recurved, or 

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

 length. The skull has large pits in the forehead. 



The gazelles are among the most elegant of all antelopes, and are characterised 

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

 from the base of the horn 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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