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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society June 1925

1925

The name gutturosa was given because the throat of the bucks swells during the pairing season this is due to the dilation of the larynx which gives a swollen appearance to the upper portion'of the neck. [...] Distribution.—The habitat of the typical race gutturosa gutturosa is Northern and North-East Mongolia to the vicinity of the Gobi desert to the hills nortward of the Tian-Shan and also to the north and north-east of Pekin. [...] On the younger bucks a dark line extends from below the eyes to the base of the horns and there joins and forms a frame to the white or pale fawn on the upper part of the face but this marking is faint on old bucks. [...] Distribution.—The Type locality is given as the plains of Yarkand Chinese Turkestan." This Gazelle is found in the vicinity of Kashgar and Yarkand and eastward of the Khotan river to the Tarim country and Lob-nor this is the country to the southward and westward of the habitat of the Mongolian species. [...] At the risk of boring the readers of the Journal I propose to dwell on the recorded distinctions between yarkandensis and seistanica the most noticeable is the " white muzzle of the latter." Next the forehead is sometimes greyish in seistanica this is a slight difference and may be simply" old age " and there is a whitish band at the base of the horns and an indistinct nose spot above the white
agriculture environment
Pages
236
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120062
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
The Mammals and Birds of Kashmir and the Adjacent Hill Provinces Being Natural History Notes
509-524 A.E. Ward view
Bombay Natural History Society’s Mammal Survey of India Burmah and Ceylon
525-530 unknown view
Early Stages in the Development of Some Fresh Water Fishes in the Punjab
531-iv M. Khan view
The Cremastogaster Ant
541-550 R.W.G. Hingston view
Some New Alpine Grasshoppers of the Genus Conopiiyma Zub from Central Asia
551-560 B.P. Uvarov view
The Common Butterflies of the Plains of India (Including those Met with in the Hill Stations of the Bombay Presidency.)
561-ii T.R. Bell view
Two New Burmese Snakes
587-588 F. Wall view
Notes on Charophytes from Gonda U. P.
589-599 G.O. Allen view
Birds Nesting With a Camera in India Part iv the Dal Lake and Hokra
600-609 R.S.P. Bates view
The Identification of Indian Butterflies
610-639 W.H. Evans view
Notes and Descriptions of Indian Fishes
640-651 Henry Fowler view
An Encounter with a Fighting Tiger
652-656 R.W. Burton view
Indian Dragonflies
657-663 F.C. Fraser view
Notes on the Birds of the Sikkim Himalayas
664-685 Herbert Steven view
Reviews
686-688 unknown view
Editorial
689-690 unknown view
Miscellaneous Notes
691-718 unknown view

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