THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
characteristics of both varieties are the extremely short tail and the 
absence of horns in the females. The horns of the males are strongly hooked 
at the tips, which renders them easily recognizable. The ears are short and 
pointed at the tips. They are yellower in winter than summer, and the 
adult bucks grow darker with age. The hair is long and soft. There is no 
tuft on the knee; the legs are thin and delicate looking. The young are 
born in May. 
G. subgutturosa stands about four inches taller at the shoulder than G. 
przewalskii , and the tails of those shot by Mr Fenwick-Owen and myself 
are black and much longer than those of the latter. The face is very 
light, with the exception of a dark line from the eye to the jaw. There 
are tufts of long hair below the kneecap. The rump is white; the hair 
on the edge of the flank distinctly dark. The inguinal glands, about 
one and a half inches deep, are a noteworthy feature of both sexes. The 
females are hornless; the bucks’ horns are straighter than those of G. 
przewalskii , with a slight backward curvature, and are black in colour. The 
young, generally two in number, are born in June. The bucks’ necks swell 
considerably during the pairing season. When in pursuit of a doe, the buck 
holds his tail straight up in the air. 
They are usually found on absolutely level, stony ground dotted with 
small, stunted bushes, or in the small hollows and clumps of yellow 
grass which break the monotony of the country. Always on the alert, 
they potter on and on, rarely allowing their exhausted pursuer to get 
within 200 yards of them. If he manages to get under the slight cover 
which the sparse vegetation affords and is seen by his quarry, particu- 
larly if the latter is solitary, he may induce a rather closer approach 
by waving a handkerchief or tuft of grass gently from side to side. 
Curiosity is implanted in their natures, as it is in that of the prong-horn 
antelope of North America. 
H. F. WALLACE. 
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