1873.J SIR V. BROOKE ON THE GENUS GAZELLA. 547 



in his description of the Mammals met with by him during his 

 journey in Sl ber.a. I„ this work Radde informs us that he 



fETX,T - mC t th % dayS ° f PaHaS ' haS retreated so ^h and east 

 rom the Russian boundary to a considerable distance, and that now 



t if" e /J' rel y T ceased . even in its winter wanderings, to visit the 

 banks of the Upper Onon, in which locality a century ago it was 



fol Tl 1 * ?™.? DaUria there are ' aCCOrdin S t0 Radde, S only two 

 localities where the species remains during the summer and breeds 



lakes P T y? r bai * e *f y gr ° Und in the "righbourhood of smali 

 lakes. As winter approaches, enormous herds collect together and 



3 Air- 1W t' i r ,° SSing the ArgUn river t0 the east of Soktui 

 and Abagaitui. Radde considers the chief cause of these wander- 

 Si V^ n ° Sn °r falUn S in the desei -t ° f Gobi in the early 

 winter and the rivers and small lakes being so hard frozen that they 

 can no longer break the ice with their feet, they are impelled to 

 wander northwards in search of snow. ""peiiea to 



w^%f ddle , ° f June the femaIe P rodu «*, as a rule, two young, 

 speed JS ^ Str ° ng en ° Ugh t0 f ° ll0W their mother at full 



nti" S ?j aS ? ad u de C ° uld ascertain > G - gutturosa is not found at the 



RuSn t7 -° thC T- ° f ! he Upper ArgUn in Transbaikalia, upon 

 Kussian territory. It is unknown in Mantchuria. 



14. Gazella picticaudata. 

 ^Procapra picticaudata, Hodgs. Journ. Asiat. Beng. xv. p. 334, 



1869. Procapra picticaudata, Kinl. Large Game of Thib. p 10 

 Hair in winter long and softish. Facial and lateral markings 

 wanting ; breast, belly, and anal disk, which surrounds The tad 

 dirty white; the rest of the body grizzled fawn-colour becoming 



ZZ fcS '71 rdS ? e 3nal disk ' * "»* Hne someti rZ g 

 through the disk to the short tail, the tip of which is rusty brown 



The ban- about the corners of the mouth elongated. I„ the summer 

 the coat is short and of a slaty grey colour. Ears very s Z t 

 Horns long, annulated, diverge as they rise, bending forwards and 

 backwards, again forwards and a little inwards at the tips. Females 

 hornless. Height about 18". P xemaies 



Skull: anteorbital fossa very shallow; nasals converging to a 

 point and rather elongated. 8 ° 



Bab. Plains and valleys of Ladak. 



Kinloch, in his work on the Large Game of Thibet, gives a verv 

 interesting article upon this species. 5 y 



15. Gazella dama. 



1766. Antilope dama, Pall. Misc. p. 5. 



!«??' ' ? m - Syst - Nat P- 183 (P art -)- 



\toi' ' il cht - Be ! L Ma S- Naturk - P- 1 70 (part.). 



lea!?' ' ? T UPP - AUaS ' PP- 39 > 43 > P 1 - 14, 16. 



Darst t! 3~&I ' ^ SmUh ' G> A " K< » 330 (P art I L *ht. 



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