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He writes as follows :— 
“Speke’s Gazelle is called ‘Dhero’ by the Somalis, who do not distinguish it by 
name from Gazella pelzelni. It is a ‘Dhero,’ just as the other, and yet there is no 
Somali shikari or any other observer who cannot discriminate at a glance between these 
two very distinct species—distinct in colour, size, horns, and habitat, whilst the peculiar 
nose, covered with soft pliable folds of loose skin, of the G. spekei is alone sufficient to 
mark it as a species apart. 
“The Speke’s or Plateau Gazelle has been termed the Mountain Gazelle by some 
writers ; but it is not strictly a mountain Gazelle, but one that frequents the higher 
plains and low foot-hills north and south of the Golis. But with its distribution I will 
deal later. 
“Tn colour the Speke’s Gazelles are much darker than Pelzeln’s Gazelles, the 
predominating colour in life being a rich strong burnt-sienna buff, distinctly darker 
over the back. The side-stripes are very dark brown, strongly marked, and maintaining 
their depth of colour to the edge of the white under the ribs and belly. The tail is a 
dark reddish brown, and the colour on the quarters towards the tail is of a deeper shade. 
The coat, though fine in texture, is very long for a Gazelle, being sometimes fully two 
inches long on the withers, and the stern is heavily feathered with long white hair. 
Altogether it is one of the most beautifully coloured of all the Gazelles. The head is 
also strongly marked, the deep dark brown patch on the nose and the tear-mark sprinkled 
with dark hairs are very distinctive. The enlargement of the nose is covered with three 
or four folds of loose pliable skin. The horns are more curved back and forward towards 
the tips than those of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, and on the average do not reach to quite the 
same length as in that species. ‘Twelve inches along the curve would be an abnormally 
long horn for G. spekei, whilst this measurement is not uncommon in Pelzeln’s 
Gazelle. The female is very slightly lighter in colour, and has weak horns, reaching to 
about 9 inches im old ones, with slight indications of the annulations, which are deep 
and strong in the male. 
“This Gazelle I have observed in large numbers on both sides of the Golis range. I 
have seen it in bands numbering from fifteen to twenty on the plateaux behind (S. of) 
Gan Libah and Dunanoof. In the Gadabursi country, on the northern limits of the 
Haud, west of Lija Uri, I have seen them frequently in small bands of from five to eight, 
and herds of this size may be said to be the rule in the zone north of the Golis Range 
and south of the Maritime Plain. I cannot call to mind having seen them much further 
south than the grass plains of Toyo, but there I have observed them mixed up with the 
Aoul or Soemmerring’s Gazelle. 
“T should put down the height of this Gazelle at about 24 inches, and its weight, 
when living, at about 40 pounds.” 
So far as we know, but one specimen of Speke’s Gazelle has as yet reached 
this country alive. This was a young male, presented to the Zoological 
Society’s Menagerie in November last year by Dr. L. de Gébert, who had 
obtained it at Djibutil, the French port of Abyssinia. Unfortunately it did 
