104. THE RED-NECKED GAZELLE.
Gazella Ruficollis (Ham. Smith).
[Plate LXXI.]

Antilope dama, Licht. Abh. Ak. Berl. 1824, p. 226 (1826) (nec Pall.); id. Darst. Säug. pls. iii. (ad. & jr. ♂), iv. (♀ & jr.) (1827); Cretzschm. Atl. Rüpp. Reis. pp. 39 & 43, pls. xiv.-xvi. (1826) (Abyssinia); H. Sm. Griff. An. K. v. p. 331 (1827) (partim); Hempr. & Ehr. Symb. Phys., Mamm. pl. vi. (1828), text (1833) (Dongola); Rüpp. N. Wirb. Abyss. p. 25 (1835); Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. (2) p. 41 (1838); Rüpp. Verz. Senck. Mus. p. 38 (1842); Sund. K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, p. 201 (1843); Wagn. Schr. Säug., Suppl. iv. p. 408 (1844), v. p. 404 (1855); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 424 (1845); id. Mon. Antil. p. 25, pi. xxvi. (1848); Gieb. Säug. p. 308 (1853); Heugl. Ant. u. Büff. N.O.-Afr. (N. Act. Leop. xxx. pt. 2) p. 6 (1863); Hartm. Z. Ges. Erdk. Berl. iii. p. 253 (1868); Heugl. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 103 (1877).

Gazella dama, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 158 (1869); Brooke, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 547; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 137 (1887); id. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (op. cit. xi.) p. 169 (1892); Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 235 (1893).

Antilope ruficollis, H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 205 (1827).

Gazella ruficollis, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 231 (1846); id. Knowsl. Men. p. 5 (1850); id. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 114; id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 60 (1862); Temm. Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 193 (1853); Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 39 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 108 (1873); Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 117 (1892), (2) p. 159 (1896).

Antilope (Dama) addra, Benn. P. Z. S. 1833, p. 2; id. Tr. Z. S. i. p. 7 (1833); Less. Compl. Buff. x. p. 288 (1836); Gerv. Dict. Sci. Nat., Suppl. i. p. 261 (1840); Reichenb. Säug. iii. p. 116, pi. xxxv. fig. 207 (1845).

Antilope dama, var. orientalis, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 266 (1847); id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. p. 262; id. Reprint, p. 82 (1848).

Vernacular Names:—Addra in Dongola (Hemprich & Ehrenberg); Ariel or Rīl in Arabic (Heuglin).

Size large, form graceful. Colour nearly all over white, the only parts which are of the usual rufous shade being the neck and anterior back, the sides and rump gradually shading off into white. Head and ears white, a faint rufous tinge on the centre line of the face. Neck deep rufous all round, except for a white spot on its anterior surface. Lower part of fore legs faintly rufous, rest of limbs and whole of tail white. Knee-brushes present.

Skull, basal length in an immature male 8·85 inches, greatest breadth 4·15, muzzle to orbit 5·3.