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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skulls and Horns of Peters's Gazelle {male and female) 

 from A. H. Neumann's specimens. 



PETERS'S GAZELLE (Gazella petersi). 



This species belongs to the same group as Grant's gazelle and the 

 aoul, showing the same extension of the white of the rump on to the 

 back. It has a dark band separating the white of the rump from the 

 fawn of the back, and differs from the other species showing the same 

 feature by the fawn colour of the back being continued in the middle 

 line on to the base of the tail, which is otherwise black. Height at 

 shoulder about 26 inches. 



Distrilnition. — Coast districts of East Africa. 



