362 Animal Life 
BUCK KORIN GAZELLE. 
On the 5th February an Agricultural 
Show was held in the Khartoum Gardens 
and the pick of the local domestic animals 
gathered together for exhibition—a most 
interesting event, as, so far, the local 
breeds are untainted by would-be “im- 
provements” from crossing with imported 
European cattle. The photograph shows 
a typical Khartoum bull, at first sight 
not unlike an Indian Zebu, and in its 
small horns very different from the great- 
horned Nuer cattle from the southern 
parts of the Sudan, a fine specimen of 
which is shown in another photograph. 
The Korin Gazelle, of which the picture 
shows a buck, is a fine animal and the 
commonest gazelle along the White Nile. 
It is usually called G. rujifrons, but 
whether it is identical with the West 
African gazelle bearing the same scientitic 
name appears unsettled. 
There are several giraffes in the Khar- 
toum Gardens. The photograph depicts 
two of them. The variation of their 
spots 1s at once apparent. 
Sudan very rarely represented even in 
museums. Photographs are given showing 
a buck and a doe with her fawn. The 
latter was born late in 1903 at the Khartoum 
Gardens. These photographs indicate 
how the coloration varies in different 
individuals, and how the rufous colour on 
the sides of the thighs and legs may be 
continuous with that of the body; im 
fact the buck, if from Morocco instead of 
Kordofan, would be called Gazella mhorr, 
and it seems probable that G. ruficollis 
and G. mhorr both merge into G. dama, 
and are without doubt closely allied to 
the Ariel Gazella scaemmerringt. 
The Dorcas Gazelle in the Khartoum 
Gardens is a fine buck, and could be 
matched by specimens from Hgypt, where 
the horns are of one type; while in the 
Sudan this species appears to become 
dimorphic, some individuals retaining the 
typical Dorcas horns, others assuming the 
inwardly-bent-tipped horns which have 
caused them to be made into a so-called 
different species—Gazella isabellina. 
GIRAFFES AT KHARTOUM. 
