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An extract from a description of 0. suhgutturosa by Lyddeker and Blaine 

 is, males with a goitre like swelling in the throat during the rutting sea- 

 son, color dark sandy faun in summer. In winter much paler. An in- 

 distinct dark flank band. Face markings indistinct, the median dark 

 stripe fading into white with age. Females without horns. 



It has a range in Persia and Afghanistan, at elevations of 3,000 to 

 7,000 ft. 



The specimens under review differ from these, being shorter in the 

 coat. The color of the Busra skins is sandy with a tendency to pinkish, 

 the legs are almost white, while those of the Persian gazelle are reddish 

 brown and we have a horned female from Major Bailey at Shushter and 

 also from the Deputy Civil Commissioner, Busra. 



The description of G. marica by the same authors is a pale coloured desert 

 form with white forehead, fawn face streaks nearly obsolete, ears, long- 

 whitish fawn on backs, pale flank bands nearly obsolete. Females with 

 horns. 



Range — desert tract from Nejd to W. Oman. 



The specimens from lower Mesopotamia include a complete skin, skull 

 and mask of a beautiful adult male from the Deputy Civil Commissioner at 

 Busra. The skin in all particulars, especially in the white nose and fore- 

 head, closely resembles the type of G. marica in the National collection. 

 The horns of this type are those of a younger animal and are in consequence 

 much smaller. The male skull and horns from Shushter resemble the 

 Busra head. The female from the same locality is that of an adult and 

 is horned. The young male from Ahwaz has horns identical with those 

 of the type of G. marica. 



The skin from Nasariyeh is much paler than the Busra colouring, but 

 may be young. 



These particulars in addition to the resemblance of the Busra skin to 

 this type, have led me to. place the lower Mesopotamian gazelle with 

 G. marica for the laresent. 



36. Gazella, Spec. 



4 J 2 2 Samarra Pitman, skulls 



■2 6 22 „ „ 13-1-18 masks. 



6 Mesopotamia „ 13-3-18 masks. 



The heads obtained in Samarra are those of a smaller gazelle than those 

 from lower Mesopotamia. The horns are lyrate in form and of a lighter 

 build. Unfortunately no skins accompanied them. There are two skulls 

 with perfect horns of old males. Two are those of adult females and are 

 without even rudiments of horns. The four masks from Samarra have 

 brown face streaks with a tendency to grizzled white. The six masks mar- 

 ked Mesopotamia, are nearly all white. The whiteness of the heads of 

 gazelles seem on the plains around Tekrit and Samarra and of masks 

 obtaineid in this neighbourhood and examined by the writer in Mesopotamia 

 has always appeared remarkable. In addition to the neighbouring species 

 previously mentioned under G. marica I have compared these with G. dorcas, 

 G. muscatensis, G. henneitii and G. gazella. 



The Dorcas gazelle, G. dorcas, has bright chestnut on forehead and nose, 

 general colour dark-red fawn extending down the legs with a pronounced 

 dark flank band. Female horned. Habitat given in "The Book of the 

 Antelopes." Sclater and Thomas as Tripoli, Morrocco through Egypt and 

 Syria. 



The" Muscat gazelle, G. muscatensis, is much the same in size and 

 colouring. Female horned, A resident of Oman Eastern Arabia. . 



