Skin of the Banded Gazelle.
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 sportsman who has yet met with this handsome form, concerning which we hope to receive further information before long.
September, 1898.
THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. LXX.
Wolf del. J. Smit lith.
Hanhart imp.
Soemmerring’s Gazelle.
GAZELLA SOEMMERRINGI.