352- Great and Small Game of Africa 



Rufous Gazelle [Gaze/la rufina) 



Arab Name believed to be S/iergi 



This is a rather large animal, about 30 inches in height at the 

 shoulder, very brightly coloured, chiefly in tones of chestnut- red. The 

 general colour of the body is pale chestnut with dark reddish -chestnut 

 markings on the face, and a dark red-black band separating the ruddy tint 

 of the upper part of the body from the white belly. The red colour of 

 the body deepens into dark brown along the middle of the back. The 

 tail is black. The hoofs are large and heavy. The horns are small in 

 proportion to the size of the animal — about 11 inches — and are only 

 ringed for a little more than half their length. The backward curving 

 of the horns and the recurving of the tips are much less marked than 

 in the dorcas gazelle. The only specimens of the rufous gazelle known 

 to us have been brought from Algiers by Sir E. G. Loder. The animal 

 would seem to inhabit fairly well-watered country, and is possibly found 

 in Western Algeria and the adjoining parts of Morocco. 



H. H. Johnston. 



Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsom) 



One of the Several Species included under the Swahili 

 Name, Swara 



British East Africa 



This species has a much more restricted range than its larger relative, 

 Grant's gazelle. It seems to be confined entirely to the high open plains 

 of Masailand, which are comprised in a strip of country of no great width, 

 extending from about the latitude of Kilimanjaro (where Mr. F. J. Jackson, 

 to whom I am indebted for much valuable information, tells me it is found 



