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Soe bie VMAIRICAY GAZELLE. 
GAZELLA MARICA, Tuos. 
[PLATE LVI.] 
Gazella bennetti, Scl. List Vert. An. Z. S. 1896, p. 155, ex. f. (err.). 
Gazella marica, Thos. Aun. Mag. N. H. (6) xix. p. 162 (1897). 
Vernacutak Name :—Reem of Arabs of Nejd (Jayakar). 
Closely allied to G. subgutturosa, with which it shares the substitution of 
white for the dark colour of the central facial band, the general plan of 
coloration, and the curvature of the horns. Size, however, very markedly 
smaller. General colour pale fawn. Facial markings almost obsolete; when 
distinguishable they are only of the general body-colour and very slightly 
defined from the paler bands between them. Ears long, their backs whitish 
fawn. Pale lateral band scarcely visible; dark lateral band and pygal band 
pale brown, little marked, scarcely darker than the dorsal colour. Limbs 
whitish throughout ; distinct knee-tufts present. 
Skull and horns, so far as the male is concerned, very much as in G. sudb- 
gutturosa, although much smaller. Basal length of skull (in an old male) 
6:1 inches, greatest breadth 3:15, muzzle to orbit 3°45. 
Female. Similar, but horns only from 3 to 5 inches in length, slender, 
straight or slightly curved. 
Hab. Arabian Desert, from Nejd in Central Arabia to Western Oman. 
This little Gazelle is a recent discovery of Surgeon Lieut.-Col. A. 8. G. 
Jayakar, C.M.Z.S., who has been for many years resident at Muscat in the 
service of the British Indian Government. Surgeon Jayakar, whose magni- 
