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For much the same reasons as in the case of G. petersi, that is because no 
intermediate examples were yet known, we decided, when drawing up our 
Synopsis of Gazelles (above, p. 69), to give a separate heading to this form. 
But since our Synopsis was prepared, Lord Delamere has sent home some 
skins which are, to a certain extent, intermediate between G. granti and 
G. notata in the development of the dark markings, and which, therefore, 
support Thomas’s original view that the latter should be looked upon as a 
subspecies of the former. Yet, on the whole, Lord Delamere’s skins are 
more like G. granti than G. notata, especially in the character of their fur, 
so that they may be provisionally assigned to the older known form, leaving 
the exact status of G. notata to be settled when further materials are 
available. 
Thomas stated, in his original description of G. notata, that this Gazelle 
had also been obtained by Mr. H.S. H. Cavendish, that traveller having 
supposed that he recognized in the typical skin of G. notata a Gazelle which 
he had met with during his journey to Lake Rudolph. ‘This supposition, 
however, has been proved to be mistaken, as the Gazelle in question when 
brought home turned out to belong to G. thomsoni—an animal up to that 
date unknown to Mr. Cavendish. Mr. Neumann, the donor of the typical 
skin of G. notata to the British Museum, remains, therefore, the only sports- 
man who has yet met with this handsome form, concerning which we hope 
to receive further information before long. 
September, 1898. 
