814 ON THE ANTELOPES OP EASTBUN ALQEEIA. [Nov. 17, 



. rule, deeper and more marked iu the Admi, and stop more abruptly 

 towards the points of the horns than is the case with the Ehime, 

 which gradually fade into the smooth points. 



Fin;. 2. 



Horns of " Ehime." Horns of " Admi." 



I thinJc it will be found also that tlie line of annulatious in the 

 Ehime is generally horizontal or depressed from front to back, 

 while in the Admi this line tends upwards. Besides this I have 

 nothing more to add to the very full description of the Qazella 

 loderi in the ' Proceedings,' by Mr. Thomas and Sir E. G. Loder. 

 My best Ithime horns measure barely 35 cm. along the curve. 



(3) The Admi (Gazella cuvieri) is known as Admi, I'Admi, or 

 I'Edmi to the Arabs ; it is also distinguished from the Dorcas 

 " Bliozdl " as " lihozal Djehcl " (Mountain Gazelle). 



This Gazelle is by no means so rare as is generally supposed, 

 though it is dilficult to secure, its quickness and facility for 

 eluding observation being equal almost to that of the Larrowi 

 (Ovis trar/elajthus). There is hardly a mountain in tho southern 

 ranges of the Aures where tliey are unknown, and I have seen 

 tiiem on almost every mountain from far to the N.W. of Biakra 

 to the Tunisian frontier at Negrine. I know that they are common 

 on the Djebel Cherchar, and 1 have seen them as far north as the 

 hills and woods of Melagon, near Chelia. I have seldom seen more 

 than eight in a herd, and far more frequently they are met ^^ ith 

 singly and in pairs, or bands of three to five. While frequenting 

 the same difficult ground as the Larrowi, it is more usual to find 

 them in larger lunnbers on those mountains which are lower than 

 the highest. I have seen them on the plateaux and plains among 

 the mountains, and they frequently descend at night to feed on 

 the barley in the valleys, as also does the Larrowi. The best male 

 horns I have measure rather more than 36 cm. along the curve. 



