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fine deer given by Col. Gordon in his ' Eoof of the World/ as he 

 quaintly termed his volume of travels in Turkestan. 



By the way, the Gazelle of Turkestan (or, as the people there 

 call it, Djeran), of which Col. Gordon shot a fine example at 

 Togha Sulvok, between forty and fifty miles from Maralbashi (the 

 Stag's haunt), is not noticed by Mr. Lydekker. It is described 

 (op. cit. p. 71) as "measuring 27j inches at the shoulder, and 

 resembling the Indian Gazelle [which stands 26 in. only at the 

 shoulder], except that the horns are larger, and curve outwards, 

 the tips being turned sharply inwards towards one another, 

 making a very handsome head." We presume this must be 

 the Persian Gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa, which, according to 

 Mr. Blanford (' Mammalia of British India,' p. 528), is found not 

 only throughout the highlands of Persia, but over a considerable 

 area in Central Asia, extending through Eastern Turkestan to 

 the Gobi desert. It has been well described and figured by 

 Mr. Blanford in his account of the Mammals of the Yarkand 

 Expedition. * 



But, to return to Mr. Lydekker. His book, as it seems to 

 us, is a disappointing one. A fine theme is inadequately treated. 

 There are gaps remaining to be filled, and many references to be 

 supplied, before it can take rank as a satisfactory handbook on 

 the subject of which it treats. No doubt, as a popular exposi- 

 tion of the great groups of Ungulates, with brief notices of the 

 species, and figures of the heads of many of them, it will serve a 

 useful purpose ; but it is not worthy of the author's reputation. 

 Let us hope that in a future edition the defects will be remedied, 

 including the substitution of " capitals" for " lower-case" initials 

 to the English specific names, which are very irritating to a busy 

 reader. 



Travel and Adventure in South-east Africa : being the narrative of 

 the last eleven years spent by the Author on the Zambesi 

 and its tributaries; with an account of the colonization of 

 Mashunaland, and the progress of the gold industry in that 

 country. By F. C. Selous. 8vo, pp. i— xv, 1—503. With 

 24 full-page illustrations, and numerous text-cuts. London: 

 Rowland Ward & Co. 1893. 

 Eleven years ago we had the pleasure of reviewing (Zool. 



1882, p. 78) the first work published by Mr. Selous, namely, his 



