602 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [May 7, 



again forwards towards their tips, the distance between the horns gra- 

 dually increasing from base to tip. Well-marked annulations surround 

 the horns for three fourths of their length. 



The colour of the cheeks, neck, back, and sides appears to be the 

 isabelline sandy fawn-colour characteristic of many desert forms. Inside 

 of ears, belly, and a patch on the rump, crossing above the tail and 

 running in a point over the ischium into the fawn-colour, white, a 

 black streak lining this patch on each haunch between the white and 

 fawn colours. Spot on nose, above and below the eyes, and tail black. 



Col. Grant, who has most kindly supplied me with copious extracts 

 from his note-books, informs me that this Antelope was only met 

 with in Western Kinyenye, in Ugogo ; the country inhabited by it 

 he describes as low-lying sandy plains dotted over in some places with 

 euphorbias, dwarf acacias, aud stunted baobabs. The chief pecu- 

 liarity of the couutry, owing doubtless to its comparatively low level, 

 is the great accumulation of salt, which has of course a marked effect 

 on the vegetation. Water at all times of the year is very scarce, 

 generally entirely absent, the little there is being brackish and 

 undrinkable. As there already exists a Gazelle bearing the name of 

 Capt. Speke* I would propose to name the Ugogo species Gazella 

 granti, after his gallant fellow traveller, and trust that before long I 

 may receive specimens to exhibit before the Society, having sent 

 sketches of the head and horns to Lieut. Henn of the Livingstone- 

 search expedition and to Dr. Kirk. 



The following are the measurements afforded by Captain Speke 

 and Col. Grant's note-books, compared with similar measurements 

 of an adult male Gazella scemmerringii at present living in the So- 

 ciety's Menagerie :— Gasella G saOTWWr . 



granti $ . 67. grand <j> . ringii <J . 



Length of horn along curve 26" 15" 13|" 



Circumference at base 7£ 3| 5| 



Length of face 8 8 7\ 



Round the head behind the horns 19 16 164 



May 7, 1872. 

 Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Secretary read the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during the month of March 18/2: — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 during the month of March 1872 was 122, of which 6 were by birth, 

 45 by presentation, 58 by purchase, 8 by exchange, and 5 were re- 

 ceived on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 * Blyth, Journal of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, vol. sxiv. p. 296. 



