Ome meio GAZELLE, 
GAZELLA SPEKEI, Btiyru, 
[PLATE LXI.] 
Gazella, sp.?, Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xxiv. p. 297 (1856). 
“Gazella cuvieri, Blyth,’ Speke, Rep. Zool. Coll. Somali, p. 8 (1860). 
Gazella spekei, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. Mus. As. Soc. p. 172 (1863) ; Blanf. Zool. Abyss. 
p: 261, pl. i. fig. 5 (horns) (1870); Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 543; Kohl, Ann. 
Mus. Wien, i. p. 77, pls. iii., iv. fig. 8, & v. fig. 1 (animal & skull) (1886) ; Thos. 
P. Z. 8. 1891, p. 210; W. Sel. Cat. Mamm. Cale. Mus. ii. p. 158 (1891) ; Scl. 
P. Z. S. 1892, pp. 100 & 118; Swayne, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 306; Ward, Horn Meas. 
(1) p. 112 (1892), (2) p. 153 (1896) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 234 (1898) ; 
Swayne, Somaliland, p. 316 (fig., head) (1895) ; Hoyos, Aulihan, p. 179, pl. x. 
fig. 3 (1895) ; Elliot, Publ. Chicago Mus., Zool. i. p. 120 (1897); Scl. P. Z. S. 
1897, p. 920 (fig., head). 
Gazella, sp. inc., Lort Phillips, P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 932. 
Gazella naso, Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 504, pl. li. (head) ; id. in James’s Unknown Horn 
of Africa, p. 268, pl. iii. (1888). 
Vernacutar Name :—Dhero of Somalis (Swayne). 
Size slightly greater than in G. dorcas; height at withers 23-24 inches. 
Body pale brownish fawn, the light lateral band but little paler than the 
back, then dark or dull blackish, not sharply defined. Central facial band 
brownish fawn; top of muzzle, over nasal bones, with a distinct blackis 
patch, in front of which there is a peculiar swollen and corrugated 
cushion of skin raised up above the level of the face, and extensible 
at the pleasure of the animal. Dark cheek-band narrow, indistinct, 
the light band above it broad and extending to the muzzle. Ears long, 
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