But, as we are informed in the valuable papers on the Mammals of Asia Minor published by Messrs. Danford and Alston in the Zoological Society’s ‘Proceedings’ for 1877 and 1880, the Dorcas Gazelle ranges far north of Syria. Danford states that it is “not uncommon” on the plain of Tchukurova and about Tarsus and Adana in the south-east of Asia Minor, and that it is “common” in the wooded valley of the Pyramus on the plain of Bazardjik and extends thence into the stony wooded uplands on the right bank of the Northern Euphrates. When taken young, the Dorcas Gazelle is easily tamed and becomes very docile and affectionate. It is frequently kept in captivity by the Arabs and thus passes into the hands of Europeans who visit the East. As will be seen by reference to the Zoological Society’s List of Animals, specimens of this species reach the Gardens every year. But they cannot be said to thrive in the climate of England, where they miss the bright sun and dry air of their native deserts, and seldom produce young. The series of examples of this Gazelle in the National Collection is by no means a full one, and wild-killed examples with ascertained localities from different parts of its range are much wanted. At the present time, besides a number of old specimens without localities, there are only in the collection an adult male from Biskra in Algeria presented by Sir Edmund Loder, a pair of skins from the same place presented by Messrs. Rowland Ward and Co., and a skull from Egypt presented by the late Sir Gardner Wilkinson. The accompanying illustration (fig. 57) gives a front view of a good head of this Gazelle prepared by Mr. Smit from these specimens. _January,_ 1898. [Illustration: Fig. 57. Head of the Dorcas Gazelle, ♂. (From specimens in the British Museum.)] [Illustration: THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES, PL. LVIII. _J. Smit del. et lith._ _Hanhart imp._ The Edmi Gazelle. GAZELLA CUVIERI. _Published by R H Porter._] 88. THE EDMI GAZELLE. GAZELLA CUVIERI (OGILBY). [PLATE LVIII.] _Kevel gris_, =F. Cuv.= H. N. Mamm. (fol.) iii. livr. lvii. (1827), and iv. livr. lxix. (1833). _Antilope cuvieri_, =Og.= P. Z. S. 1840, p. 34 (Mogador); =Schinz=, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 399 (1845); =id.= Mon. Antil. pl. 2 a (1848); =Fraser=, Zool. Typ. pl. xvii. (1849). _Gazella cuvieri_, =Gray=, Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 107 (1873); =Brooke=, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 542; =Scl.= List Vert. An. Z. S. (8) p. 140 (1883), (9) p. 154; =Ward=, Horn Meas. (1) p. 126 (1892), (2) p. 168 (1896); =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p. 233 (1893); =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1894, p. 467; =Pease=, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 814; =Whitaker=, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 815. _Gazella dorcas_, var. 3, =Gray=, Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 57 (1852). _Gazella cineraceus_, =Temm.= Esq. Zool. Guin. p. 193 (1853) (from _Kevel gris_, F. Cuv.).