210 MR. c). THOMAS ON SO VI E [Mar. 17, 



Mr. Clarke informs me that the female of Ammodorcas is without 

 horns, a character which allies it still more closely with Lithocra- 

 nius, and removes it from the typical Gazelles. The exact locality 

 at which he obtained the specimens is about a day and a half from 

 the Buroa Wells, Central Somali, about 100 miles south of Berbera. 



4. GaZELLA StEMMERRINGI, Cf. 



As noted by Mr. Lort Phillips \ the Soemmerring's Gazelles of 

 Somali are larger and have longer horns than those found in Abyssinia. 

 Mr. Clarke's female horns are especially noteworthy for their length 

 and slenderness. 



5. Gazella spekei, Blyth. 



Gazella spekei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 296 (1856) (description) ; 

 id. Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. Soc. p. 1/2 (1863) (name given) ; Blanf. 

 Zool. Abyss, p. 261, pi. i. fig. 5 (1870) ; Kohl, Ann. Mu.s, Wien, i. 

 p. 77, pis. iii., iv. (animal, skull, and horns) (1886). 



Gazella, sp. (Flabby-nosed Gazelle), Lort Phillips, P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 932. 



Gazella naso, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504, pi. \l (head). 



cJ. L. 292. C. 107. Rings 21. 



"Thej' have small ears and a long upper lip, just like those of G. tvallcri or a 

 Giraffe. The horns are of the shape of a sickle, and less than 12 inches in 

 length, the lougestj out of the 11 males killed, measuring 11 inches. The 

 tail, from what I remember, is about 12 or 13 inches in length, very thin, aad 

 thinly covered with black hair about one inch long. 



" The colour of the body is like that of the neck, of a kind of pink fawn, but 

 the belly is whitish and the tail black. 



" The face resembles that of G. vjalkri, only G. tvallcri has no white from 

 the eye. 



" When running, or rather jumping, they look very peculiar ; their long neck 

 and head thrown back and the tail thrown forward, and there appears to be 

 only a foot between head and tail. 



" The coimtry they are mostly found in is of low thorn-bush and sandy ; they 

 do not seem to like the big bushes, though at times they are found there. In 

 this respect they differ from G. wallcri, this species liking many bushes to go 

 and rest in. 



'• The new Gazelle is to be found one day's journey from Buroa Wells, at an 

 elevation of 3109 feet, to the Marchan country (800 feet), general course about 

 S. by E., and is more numerous than any other kind of game, excepting 

 G. sammerringi-. but these are found only in the open country. 



" Several times I saw the new Gazelle and G. imlleri feeding together, but I 

 never saw more than eight in a bunch, and on this occasion there was a male 

 G. sremmcrringi with them. 



" They have great vitality ; this I put down to the large quantity of blood 

 they have. 



" The female resembles the male, but is without horns. 



" Somali name ' Debo Tag,' which means ' carries tail high.' " 



1 P. Z. S. 1885. p. 932. 



