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East-African Antelopes, gives us his experiences with the present species in 
the following words :— 
“Tn habits G. thomsoni is very like G. granti, but, as a rule, is found in rather larger 
herds. Single bucks of this species are, however, more often seen than single bucks of 
G. granti. At Lake Naivasha, in July 1890, I saw a large herd of some sixty head, 
Front view of head of Thomson’s Gazelle, . 
(Neumann’s ‘ Elephant-Hunting,’ p. 11.) ’ 
composed entirely of does, and in the same place, in September of the previous year, I 
saw a herd of some thirty or forty beasts, every one of which was a buck ; but I do not 
think that this can be taken as evidence that the bucks and does separate at certain 
seasons of the year, as on the same days on which I saw these two herds I also saw 
others in which the bucks and does were together. Thomson’s Gazelle is a confiding 
little beast, and, except in places close to a well-beaten caravan-route, where it has been 
constantly shot at, can be easily approached within 120 yards with ordinary care and 
