AFTER ORYX AND ELAND—BARINGO 85 
my oryx; but the herd contained several handsome 
heads, and, moreover, I was then under a totally false 
impression that all gazelles north of Baringo were 
G. petersi —a new species to me—and not G. granti 
at all. I had been so assured, and, under that belief, 
proceeded to pick out, one after another, the four finest 
heads in the herd. These gazelles apparently realised 
no danger in the report of a rifle, for they merely con¬ 
tinued their stately walk, their splendid horns nodding 
in unison with each step, while by creeping in the long 
grass parallel with their file I secured the four best 
bucks within a space of 200 yards. These four heads 
taped 23f, 2If, 20 and 20 ins. respectively, span of 
the biggest lOf ins., and are as good as any to be 
seen in the Baringo country. 
NOTE ON GRANT’S GAZELLE 
Grant’s gazelle, it is now recognised, is divisible into several 
distinct local races, varying both in the form of horn and also 
in distribution of colour, particularly on the rump-patch and in 
the depth or absence of dark lateral bands. The typical form, 
Gazella granti typica, as secured by us on the Athi Plains, at 
Elmenteita and elsewhere, carried horns up to 25 ins. in length, 
with an extreme span between tips of 16 ins. Such are average 
specimens. Further south, on the Seringeti and Rhombo Plains 
towards Kilimanjaro, much larger examples are recorded, measuring 
28 to 30 ins., and even more. These are all typical G. granti. 
On the western boundary of German East Africa, a race exists 
which (while the horns do not reach 25 ins. in length) displays 
quite an extravagant divergence, the span between tips spreading 
out to 27 and 28 ins.—a breadth which obviously alters the whole 
type and appearance of the head, as shown in the annexed plate 
(p. 87). This latter race has been entitled G. g. robertsi. 
The Baringo gazelles above mentioned are G. g. brighti; while 
on the Laikipia Plateau to the eastward yet another form is recog¬ 
nised, distinguishable from the typical race not only by its smaller 
size and shorter, narrower horns, but by a deeper body-colour and 
more conspicuous lateral bands. These Laikipia gazelles have been 
separated as G. g. notata. All those we shot, of either race, possessed 
the curious tuft of bushy hair below the fore-knees. 
Peters’ gazelle ( G . peter si) is quite a different animal, much 
smaller (intermediate in size between Grant’s and Thomson’s 
gazelles), and is not met with inland, being confined to the coast 
