AMMODOKCAS 6 



the structure of tlie feet, liorus, and tail the genus is less 

 gazelline than Lithocranms.'' 



AMMODOECAS CLARKE 1. 



Cervicapra clarkei, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. vii, 

 p. 304, 1891. 



Ammodorcas clarkei, Thomas, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1891, p. 207, pis. xxi 

 and xxii ; Sclater, ibid. 1892, pp. 101 and 118 ; Ward, Becords of 

 Big Game, p. 128, 1892, ed. 6, p. 277, 1910, ed. 7, p. 244, 1914 ; 

 Lydekker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 240, 1893, Great and Small Game 

 of Africa, p. 368, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 271, 1908; 

 Sivayne, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 318, Seventeen Trips to 

 Sonialiland, p. 310, 1895 ; Hoyos, Zu den Aulikan, p. 181, 1895 ; 

 Elliot, Zool. Publ. Field Mus. vol. i, p. 124, 1897, Cat. Mamm. 

 Field Mus. {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 79, 1907 ; Sclater 

 and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. iii, p. 219, pi. Ixxiii, 1898 ; 

 Clarke, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 368, 1899 ; Pocock, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 917 ; Drake-Brockman, Mammals of 

 Somali, p. 83, 1910. 



DiBATAG. 



Typical locality, Buroa Wells, East Central Sonialiland. 



Shoulder-height about 31 inches. General colour dark 

 purplish rufous or cinnamon ; face with a pair of gazelle-like 

 white streaks, continuous posteriorly with a whitish area 

 round eyes and ears, median dark streak rich fulvous 

 rufous, lateral dark facial streaks ill-defined ; backs of ears 

 dull whitish; chin and under surface of jaw, under-parts, 

 backs of hams, and inner sides of upper portion of limbs 

 white ; shanks fulvous ; tail, which has a small tuft, blackish 

 above and below. Basal length of skull 7^ inches. Good 

 horns measure from 11 to about 12 J (in one instance 13) 

 inches in length, with a girth of from 4j to 5^, and a 

 tip-to-tip interval of from 2^ to 5^ inches. 



91. 5. 7. 1. Skull, with horns, and head-skin, Buroa 

 Wells, East Central Somaliland. Type. 



Presented hy T. W. H. Clarke, Esq., 1891. 



91. 12. 19. 4. Skin, mounted, and skull. Habr-Tojal, 

 near Buroa Wells. Same liistory. 



91. 12. 19. 5. Skull, with horns, and skin (in bad 

 condition). Same locality. Same history. 



91. 12. 19. 6-7. Two skulls and skins (in bad condition), 

 female. Same locality. Same history. 



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