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of Bengal for 1856, vol. xxiv. p. 296, and now in 

 the Indian Museum at Calcutta. Those of G. suhgut- 

 turosa are in the same museum, and were brought 

 from Afghanistan, I believe, by Captain Hutton. The 

 figures of the horns of G. Bennetti are taken from an 

 animal shot by myself in Western India. The length 

 of the horns varies much with age, but the curve 

 appears to be fairly constant. 



So far as my observation extends, neither the Dorcas 

 nor Bennett's Gazelle are ever seen in large flocks, like 

 the animals of the Springbok group. Usually both are 

 seen solitary or from two to five together, inhabiting 

 thin bushes, generally in broken ground. They feed much 

 upon the leaves of bushes. The male has a peculiar 

 habit when surprised of standing stiU and uttering a 

 short sharp cry. Like most Antelopes, they keep much 

 to the neighbourhood of some particular spot. After 

 long observation, I am convinced that Bennett's Gazelle 

 never drinks, and all that I could ascertain of the Dorcas 

 Gazelle leads to the same conclusion in its case. It would 

 be interesting to ascertain if all these peculiarities are 

 shared by the little group allied to G. dorcas, or the 

 true Gazelles, as distinguished from the group to which 

 belong G. dama, G. euchore, and G. Scemmerringii. 



20. Oryx beisa, Eiipp. 



Antilope beisa, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 14, t. 5. — Brehm, Habesch, 

 p. 66. 



I never saw any other Antelope except the two species 

 of Gazelle and Neotrctgus Hemprichii near Annesley 

 Bay, and I never heard of the occurrence of Oryx till 



