742 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVL 



No. IV.— ALBINISM IN THE BLACK BUCK. 



( With an Illustration.') 



In the Society's Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 2, there is, at page 3G1, a photograph 

 and a note on the occurrence of Melanism in the Black Buck (Antilope cervicapra). 

 The photograph, which I send you, represents the opposite condition, vis., 

 Albinism. The buck in question is a full grown male with a perfect snowy 

 white coat and the usual " pink " eyes of an albino. The hoofs and horns are 

 also curiously pale and equally devoid of pigment. 



The buck was presented by H. H. the Raja of Faridkote to his Honour the 

 Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, for the Zoological Gardens at Lahore, 

 where it is at present confined. 



C. J. ROBERTSON MILNE, Major. I.M.S. 



Lahore, 17th June 1905. 



No. V— A WHITE KAKAROR MUNTJAC (CERVULUS MUNTJAC). 



(With an Illustration.) 



I am sending you a photograph of a white •' Kakar " (Cervulus^ muntjac) 

 which is alive in the palace gardens of His Highness the Maharaja-Dhiraj 

 (King) of Nepal. It is a male and said to be about 4 months old. It has been 

 in confinement for over 2 months and is perfectly healthy and well. It was 

 caught in the hills overlooking the Nepal Valley, in the North. 



I do not think it is a true albino because its eyes are dark brown, not pink, 

 and the skin of the nose and face is dark. From the description of this deer 

 in the "Fauna of British India," — Mammalia, Part II , page 533,— it will be 

 seen that several variations of colouring have been observed. 



It may be of interest to naturalists to know that in a large collection of 

 paintings of animals and birds now in the possession of His Excellency Sir 

 Chandra Shamsher Jang, K.C.S.I., Bahadur Rana, the Prime Minister of Nepal, 

 which was made by his famous ancestor Sir Jang Bahadur, and is said to 

 contain the record of all the beasts and birds either shot by Sir Jang or for 

 him by his shikaris, there are pictures of 5 distinct and differently coloured 

 " Kakar," viz.: — 



(1) Chestnut with dark points, i.e., muzzle and legs below knee with usual 

 white belly and vent. This is the common colouring. 



(2) Chestnut with light points, white muzzle and legs. 



(3) Light fawn throughout. 



(4) White throughout. 



(5) Black or very dark brown throughout. 



I am informed that the white " Kakar" or " Ratwa," as the deer is called 

 here, are uncommon but are constantly occurring, and that several have recently 



