4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6l 



Measurements. — Flesh: head and body 600 mm.; tail, 42; hind 

 foot, 193; ear, 70. Skull: greatest length. 116; condylo-basal length, 

 107 ; greatest breadth, 57 ; nasals, 19x18; length of premaxillae, 41 ; 

 gnathion to nasals, 39; gnathion to orbit, 58; gnathion to PM 1 , 28; 

 length of upper tooth row, 37.5. Fully adult, the premolars showing 

 some wear ; length of horns, straight, 53. 



Remarks. — Four specimens are in the collection representing this 

 race; one adult male from Voi, and a mated pair from Maji-ya- 

 Chumvi. This is a light colored desert race which occupies the low 

 desert area south of the Tana River as far as the slopes of Kiliman- 

 jaro. North of the Tana River we have the typical kirki occupying 

 the coast region, while inland we find the lightest and smallest of the 

 races, Rhynchotragus kirki minor. There is a large series of the 

 latter race in the Rainey collection from the Marsabit district. 



GAZELLA GRANTI ROOSEVELTI, new subspecies 



Roosevelt Grant Gazelle 



Type from Kitanga Farm, Athi Plains, British East Africa; adult 

 male, Cat. No. 162009, U. S. National Museum ; shot by Theodore 

 Roosevelt, April 26, 1909; original number, 8. 



Characters. — Nearest typical Gazella granti of Ugogo, German 

 East Africa in color, but differing by its darker coloration, smaller and 

 narrower horns. From Gasclla granti robertsi it differs by decidedly 

 less widely spread horns and somewhat darker color in the males and 

 further by the female being marked by a distinct dark flank band. 

 From G. g. sercngctee it differs by the wider and undivided white 

 rump patch and considerably lighter body coloration. 



Coloration. — Dorsal color vinaceous-cinnamon paling toward head 

 and on sides where it becomes pinkish-buff ; top of rump and hinder 

 border of thighs marked by a wide area of pure white which is con- 

 tinuous with the white basal portion of tail, terminal half of tail black ; 

 rump area bordered in front by a broad clove-brown pygal stripe two 

 inches wide; flanks with a very slight indication of the flank band, 

 consisting of a lighter band of light buff bordering the broad band of 

 pinkish-buff above along middle of sides of body; outside of legs 

 pinkish-buff like the sides ; hoofs in front bordered by hair brown. 

 Underparts, inside of legs and lower throat silky white ; top of head 

 and median line of snout cinnamon-rufous, .the middle of snout 

 marked by a large clove-brown blotch ; greyish hair about horn bases 

 and a blackish area above the eyes; the sides of face marked by 

 broad white band above eye extending forward to dark snout spot, 



