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resembling very much the markings of Clarke's gazelle, Ammodorcas clarkei. 

 This was particularly the case with animals shot south of Togo plain, and 

 it was seldom that one was obtained there without this distinguishing 

 character. I was impressed with this peculiarity and was inclined to 

 regard it as perhaps of some specific value, and should certainly have so 

 deemed it, had I not found occasionally on my return individuals in the 

 country north of Togo possessing a similar stripe, but of less extent and not 

 so clearly defined. When plainly exhibited, it gives the head of the gerenuk 

 a very close resemblance to that of Clarke's gazelle, as both are similarly 

 shaped, very narrow, and pointed. Taking the extremes of the two styles, 

 the strongly-marked white stripe and its total absence, one would not 

 unnaturally imagine that there were two well-defined races, if not species, 

 of Waller's gazelle. Take it all in all, the gerenuk is a fine creature, 

 graceful in form if not in movement, and has a peculiar structure of face, 

 and unusual expression, which make it a rather unique species among the 

 members of the family to which it belongs. The male gerenuk stands 

 about 4 feet 6 inches high to the top of the head, a considerable portion of 

 which is due to the long neck. 1 q. G. Elliot. 



In British East Africa 



Ndorobo Name, Ligu 



This very strange -looking beast has been rather aptly called the 

 " giraffe antelope " by Von HShriel ; for in fact its exaggerated neck and 

 stilty legs give it very much the appearance of a miniature giraffe. Indeed, 

 in the hazy perspective of the equatorial desert, where the quivering 

 atmosphere tends to confuse distances, one may, at the first glimpse of one 

 of these curious gazelles, seen standing stretched to its full height, mistake 

 it for the moment for its giant prototype seen at a greater distance. 



1 A full-grown male of this gazelle stands at the withers about 3 feet 3 inches. — Ed. 



