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straighter and longer than those of G. spekei. The horns of the female are 
weak and almost smooth, like those of Speke’s Gazelle.” ‘‘ Within fifty miles 
of the sea-shore,” he continues, “this Gazelle is exceedingly numerous in 
suitable places. Half-a-dozen herds may be often seen at a time, but I have 
seldom observed more than twenty ina single band. In size G. pelzelni is 
larger than G. spekei, the average height being about 25 inches, while the 
weight of the carcase is usually a little over 40 lbs.” 
Mr. D. G. Elliot, who made a successful expedition to Somaliland in 1896, 
for the purpose of obtaining specimens for the Field Columbian Museum of 
Chicago, gives us the following account of his experiences with the present 
species :— 
“This is the Gazelle of the lowlands and is not often seen much beyond Laferug on the 
road to Hargeisa, where the following species begins to make its appearance. It is the 
larger animal of the two, and they resemble each other very much in their habits. 
“Pelzeln’s Gazelle frequents dry and stony places, covered with low bushes, and it is 
difficult to see where or how it can obtain sufficient nourishment from the barren, 
forbidding districts it inhabits. It goes in small troops of from two or three to nearly 
a dozen individuals. I think eleven was the greatest number I ever saw together at 
one time. As a rule, it is not a wild creature and readily permits an approach 
sufficiently near to ensure a fatal shot, but of course when much hunted becomes wary. 
The males were often seen by themselves, and then it was not difficult to stalk them. 
Their horns are almost straight and annulated nearly to the tips. The female also 
carries horns, much straighter and much more slender than those of the male. There 
is considerable variation in the coloring of individuals and I hardly know what causes it. 
The typical style has a broad conspicuous chestnut band running lengthwise along the 
body just above the white of the belly. But some individuals, evidently of equal age, 
killed practically at the same time and in the same condition of coat, were entirely 
without the distinguishing mark. It may be possibly an exhibition of individual 
variation, for these specimens were not confined to any especial locality. Ido not 
think, however, it was in any way an indication of age, for fully adult animals were 
without the stripe, neither was this peculiarity confined to either sex.” 
The British Museum contains a good male specimen of Pelzeln’s Gazelle, 
mounted from a skin obtained by Herr Menges near Berbera in Somaliland. 
Mr. Smit’s figures of this species (Plate LXII.), which represent the male in 
two positions, have been prepared from it. The Museum also contains two 
skins from the plains of Berbera, collected by Capt. Swayne and originally 
sent home to Sclater. 
May, 1898. 
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