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wonderfully on the alert, and hard to shoot, seeming to know perfectly well 
the range of a rifle, and presenting but a very small target.” 
Capt. R. Light, writing to Sclater in 1892, tells us that when he visited 
Somaliland in 1891 he found this Gazelle between Berbera and Zeila, close 
down by the sea: ‘“‘ they were often observed feeding side by side with camels 
and flocks of sheep and goats. When startled they move off the ground in a 
quick trot, taking bounds over any obstacles and finally breaking into a 
gallop.” 
Fig. 65. Fig. 65a. 
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Head of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, 3. Skull of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, 2. 
(From Swayne’s ‘Somaliland,’ p. 317.) 
Mr. Pease, who has kindly supplied us with notes on this Gazelle as well 
as on the preceding species, writes that Pelzeln’s Gazelle is essentially the 
species of the maritime plain and could be seen within shot of the town of 
Bulhar when he was there in 1896, and within a mile or so of Berbera. “In 
life it appears of.a light rich yellow-buff in colour, with the usual Gazelline 
marks rather faintly indicated. Its coat is short and fine, and its horns are 
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