90 
Knowsl. Men. p. 4 (1850) ; id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 113; id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 58 
(1852) ; Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 193 (1853); Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. 
Soc. p. 172 (1863) ; Wolf, Zool. Sketches, pl. xxi.; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 602 ; 
Blanf. Zool. Abyss. p. 261, pl. i. fig. 4 (horns) (1870) ; Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. 
p- 38 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 107 (1873); Blanf. P. Z. S. 1873, 
p- 313 (distribution); Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 545; Przewalski, Mongolia 
(Russian ed.), pl. i. fig. 2 (1875) ; id. Morgan’s Engl. Transl. i. p. 207 (1876) ; 
Blanf. E. Persia, ii. p. 91 (1876); Severtz. Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xvii. p. 170 
(1876) ; Danf. & Alst. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 276 (Tigris) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 55 ; 
Scl. List An. Z. 8S. (8) p. 141 (1883), (9) p. 155 (1896) ; Sterndale, Mamm. Ind. 
p. 466 (1884); Sel. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 2; Scully, J. A. S. B. lvi. pt. 2, p. 76 
(1887) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. P.-B. ix.) p. 1386 (1887) ; Thos. Linn. 
Trans. (2) v. p. 64 (1889) ; Biichn. Mél. Biol. xiii. p. 160 (1890) ; W. Sel. Cat. 
Mamm. Cale. Mus. i. p. 160 (1891) ; Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm. p. 528 
(1891) ; Jent. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. P.-B. xi.) p. 168 (1892) ; Ward, 
Horn Meas. (1) p. 118 (1892), (2) p. 159 (1896) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, 
p- 180 (1893) ; Percy, Badm. Big Game Shooting, ii. p. 342 (1894); Satunin, 
Zool. JB. Syst. ix. p. 310 (1896) (Transcaucasia). 
“ Antilope dorcas, var. persica, Ripp.,” Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 160 (1843). 
Gazella subgutturosa, var. yarkandensis, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xliv. pt. 2, p. 112; id. 
Yark. Miss., Mamm. p. 88, pl. xv. (1879). 
Gazella hillieriana et G. mongolica, Heude, Mém. Hist. Nat. Chine, 11. p. 245, pls. xxxvi. 
& xxxvii. (1894). 
Vernacutak Names:—Dshairan (Pallas), Ahu (Blanford) of Persians; Kara- 
keuruk (=Black-tail) of Khirghiz Tartars (Pallas) ; Kik (or Sai-kik) and Tairan 
of Turkis of Yarkand (Blanford). 
Size medium, height at withers about 26-27 inches. General colour 
dark sandy fawn. Face-markings indistinct, the central band visible in 
youth gradually interrupted and replaced by white as age advances. Dark 
facial streaks in front of eyes present, but little defined. An anteorbital 
gland present. Larynx swollen, forming a peculiar projection in front of the 
neck. Ears of medium length, pointed, their backs short-haired even in 
winter, pale fawn. Dark lateral band not, or scarcely, darker than the back, 
from which it is separated by an indistinct light lateral band. Pygal band 
present, not strongly marked. Tail 8 or 10 inches long, crested, black. 
Knee-brushes present, brown or black. 
Skull stoutly built ; nasals broad and short; anteorbital fossa well marked. 
Basal length 8 inches, greatest breadth 3:8, muzzle to orbit 4°6. 
