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tone than the general buff colour. The tip of the tail is dark brown, the 

 ears are white ; altogether this gazelle looks washed-out in colour, 

 compared with the brightly marked dorcas. It is still more peculiar in its 

 horns and hoofs. The latter are thin, narrow, and sharp-edged, and 

 somewhat divergent. They are adapted to travelling over loose sand. 

 The horns are proportionately long, showing a striking resemblance to the 

 horns of Thomson's gazelle, which they also resemble in shape. They 

 are nearly straight, widely divergent, curved slightly backwards, and have 

 the tips a little recurved. Their annulations are well defined. The horns 

 of the female resemble those of the male, but are thinner, straighter, 

 and not quite so long. Loder's gazelle apparently inhabits the desert 

 regions of the Sahara from Egypt (where specimens have been obtained) 

 to the hinterlands of Tunis, Algeria, and possibly Morocco. The present 

 writer has met with it in the Tunisian Sahara, whence live specimens are 

 occasionally sent to the town of Tunis for sale. ]-[ j-j_ Johnston. 



Isabella Gazelle (Gaze/la Isabella) 



This gazelle, found along the Red Sea littoral, between Suakin and 

 Massowa, and thence through the interior of Abyssinia to Bogosland, Barca, 

 Taka, and Kordofan, stands about 25 inches in height, and is of a light 

 fawn colour, darker towards the rump, and with a faint lateral band 

 showing along the sides. The centre of the face is marked by a dark streak 

 of rufous. The under parts, breast, and rump are white. A broadish 

 white line runs from in front of the eye, from the base of the horns — on 

 either side of the face, — to the muzzle. Beneath this is a streak of darkish 

 fawn. The horns are ringed nearly to the tips, divergent, curving back- 

 wards, and, towards the tips, inwards. This is a true desert gazelle, found 

 in small bands of from two to half a dozen. Individuals vary a good deal in 

 colouring. Horns measure from 7 to io : |. inches. y[ j±_ B RY den. 



