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from side to side and distinctly lyrate, with their points turned boldly forwards 
and inwards. In general appearance also the Muscat Gazelles differed from 
G. arabica in their long and soft coats of a silvery-grey colour, instead of the 
short close-set pelage of a rich grizzled bay. From G. dorcas, to which they 
bore more resemblance, the Muscat species was recognizable by its smaller 
size, its different colour, and by the intensity of the facial and lateral 
markings. 
Sir Victor’s paper on this new Gazelle was illustrated in the ‘ Proceedings’ 
by a good coloured plate drawn by Keulemans, in which, however, the general 
colour is made rather too dark. 
In 1874 a second male specimen of this well-marked species was presented 
to the Zoological Society's Menagerie by Mr. J. H. Bainbridge, and in 
October 1881 a pair of the same Gazelle were presented by the late Lord 
Lilford. These last bred a young one, which was born in the Society’s 
Gardens on the 6th of March, 1882. 
No more examples of the Muscat Gazelle reached the Regent’s Park after 
this date until 1894, when a female of this species was obtained “in 
exchange,” and a pair were received “‘on deposit” from the Hon. Walter 
Rothschild, F.Z.S. The male of this pair is still living in the Society’s 
Menagerie. 
The only other specimens of the Muscat Gazelle ever received in Europe, 
so far as we know, are five examples in the British Museum, presented to 
that Institution by Dr. A. 8. G. Jayakar, of whose many and valuable 
contributions to science we have already spoken*. Among the several 
consignments of the Mammals of Oman sent home by Dr. Jayakar, of which 
Thomas has given an account in the Zoological Society’s ‘ Proceedings’ for 
1894, were five examples of this Gazelle collected in 1892 and 1893 in several 
localities in Oman—Khode and Barkah-al-moze, and in Sharkeeyeh, the 
eastern part of that country. These specimens agree very closely with the 
type of the species as described by Sir Victor Brooke, which is also in the 
National Collection. 
Our figures of both sexes of this Gazelle (Plate LXV.) have been prepared 
by Mr. Smit from the specimens in the British Museum. 
May, 1898. 
* See under Gazella marica, above, p. 95. 
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