ip WI BA TAG. 
AMMODORCAS CLARKEI (Tuos.). 
[PLATE LXXIII.} 
Cervicapra clarkei, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) vii. p. 304 (1891). 
Gazelle from Somaliland allied to Lithocranius, Scl. P. Z.S. 1891, p. 197. 
Ammodorcas clarkei, Thos. P.Z.S. 1891, p. 207, pls. xxi. & xxii. (head and skull) ; 
Sel. P. Z.S. 1892, p. 101; Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 128 (1892), (2) p. 173 
(1896) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 240 (1898); Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, pp. 101 & 118; 
Swayne, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 318 (habits); id. Seventeen Trips to Somaliland, 
p. 319 (1895); Hoyos, Zu den Aulihan, p. 181 (1895) ; Elliot, Publ. Chicago 
Mus., Zool. i. p. 124 (1897). 
VernacuLar Name :—Dibatag of Somalis (Clarke, Swayne, and others). 
Height at withers about 31 inches. General colour of body dark purplish 
rufous, no dark or light lateral or pygal bands present. Head with hand- 
some sharply-defined Gazelline markings; the central facial band rich 
tfulvous rufous, no darker spot on muzzle; light facial streaks long, sharply 
defined, and extending to the sides of the muzzle, pure white ; areas round eyes 
and ears also whitish, though not sharply defined, connected with each other 
and continuous with the white facial streaks. Dark facial streaks. present 
but not prominent. Back of ears dull whitish. Chin and interramia white. 
Cheeks below white markings, throat, and whole of neck dark purplish rufous, 
continuous with the back. Belly pure sharply-defined white, but on the 
chest this colour is broken by two projections running down from the dark 
throat-colour on each side of the middle line to between the elbows. Limbs, 
except their inner sides above, coloured like the back, but gradually passing 
lower down into fulvous instead of rufous. Knee-brushes present but small. 
VOU. IL- 2H 
