SOMALILAND 
294 
I' Males 
I 
Lengths of horns | 
(^Female 
lOi inches 
9i „ 
9i * „ 
Males 
Circumference j 
1 
I 
3|- inches. 
3i „ 
„ 
Colour of body dark fawn, with two bands or stripes of a darker hue at 
sides ; rump and belly white ; tail short and almost black ; nose has 
peculiar loose flaps of skin upon it ; skin extremely shiny and soft to the 
touch. 
Pelzeln’s Gazelle {Gazella pelzelni). 
Found upon the maritime plain from the sea to the base of the Gulis Eange, 
in Guban, the hot desert. 
Length from tip of nose to end of tail : before skinning, 3 feet 9 inches ; 
dressed skin, 4 feet IJ inches. 
Length of horns: Males, 10^ inches, 10 inches; Female, 7| inches. 
Colour : back and sides light fawn ; no dark bands on sides, as in Speke’s 
gazelle, nor loose flaps of skin on nose ; tail black ; belly white. 
5 feet 
5 
10 
2 
8 
17S 
m 
6 
6 
inches. 
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Soemmering’s Gazelle {G. soemmeringi). 
Native name : oivl. 
Found in huge herds upon all the big open plains in Somaliland — i.e., in the 
Saylah Bun, the Toyo Bun, the Jiggiga Bun, the Arori Bun, and the 
Feroli Bun ; upon every little open space in Ogaden, less common in the 
Boorgha country, and extremely rare in the Midjertain, Haweea and 
Marehan countries, South-East Somaliland. 
Length of male from tip of nose to end of 
tail: before skinning ... 
Length of male : dressed skin 
Length of female : before skinning 
dressed skin 
Measurements of horns : 
Length on curve : Male 
Female 
Circumference : Male ... 
Female 
Tip to tip : Male 
Female 
Horns vary in a remarkable manner. I have specimens the tips of which 
turn outwards, inwards, and backwards. 
Body colour a light fawn -yellow ; white buttocks and belly. The white just 
above the tail is cut in the shape of the leaf -sight of a rifle. One of the 
skins I have is most beautifully ‘ watered ’ like a piece of silk. This is 
one of the least shy, and therefore most easily bagged, of the antelopes 
of Somaliland. 
Clarke’s Gazelle {Ammodorcas clarkei). 
Native name : dibitag. 
This animal takes the place of Waller’s gazelle in Eastern and South-Eastern 
Somaliland ; very common at Eik, Bally Maroli, and found throughout 
the Midjertain, Marehan, and Haweea countries, South-East Somaliland. 
