504 ON ANTELOPES FROM SOMALI-LAND. [Nov. 16, 
6. On two Species of Antelopes from Somali-Land. By P. 
L. Scuater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the 
Society. 
[Received September 20, 1886.] 
(Plate LI.) 
In Mr. E. Lort Phillips’s ‘‘ Notes on the Antelopes of Somali-Land” 
(P. Z.S. 1885, p. 930) is mentioned a Gazelle under the name of 
“ Flabby-nosed Gazelle,” the single specimen of which, in deter- 
mining Mr. Lort Phillips’s species, I reserved for future examination. 
I was in hopes of being able to have the bones removed from the 
head of the single specimen obtained, in order to ascertain whether 
there is not some peculiarity in the frontal and nasal bones to 
accompany the extraordinary developinent of the nose in this 
animal. Not having been able to obtain the necessary facilities for 
this purpose (which, seeing that the specimen is unique and has 
been excellently mounted, was not much to be wondered at), I will 
content myself with again exhibiting the head of this remarkable 
Antelope (Plate LI.), and remarking that I think there can be 
no question of its belonging to an undescribed species, which I 
propose to call Gazella naso. Gazella naso, as its name implies, is 
sufficiently distinguishable from all other known members of the 
genus by having the extremity of the snout above the nasal openings 
developed into a large flabby wrinkled mass, which is scantily covered 
by short hairs of a grey colour. Above this elevated mass the face 
is crossed by a broad black bar. Above that again the centre of 
the forehead and space between the horns is covered by dense fur of 
a chestnut-red colour. This chestnut-red forehead is bordered on 
each side by two broad white longitudinal stripes, which extend from 
the base of the horns down to the nostrils. This longitudinal 
stripe is again bordered above the eye on the inside to below the eye 
on the outside by an indistinct blackish stripe. The tear-pits below 
the eye seem to be particularly large and well developed. The rest 
of the fur of the head and neck is of the sandy colour usual in most 
species of this genus. The ears, which are long and rather narrow, 
are of a greyish colour. In the size and shape of its horns G. naso 
does not differ materially from other species of the group allied to 
G. dorcas. The length of the horns in the present specimen, from 
the base to the tip, is about 93 inches; the breadth of the skull 
between the eyes is 1*7 inch; the length from the occiput to the end 
of the nose about 8 inches; the length of the ear is 6 inches. 
As regards the Neotragus, of which specimens were obtained by 
Mr. Phillips and were likewise left undetermined in the same com- 
munication (see P. Z.S. 1885, p. 932), I have now compared the 
skull and the skin brought by Mr. Phillips with specimens in the 
British Museum. As regards the skin there is such variation in 
the coloration of the fur of Neotragus that I do not think much 
reliance can be placed on the somewhat abnormal appearance of this 
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