ANTlLOPINiE 25 



Heran, or Blackbuck. 



Typical locality plains of peninsular India, to which area 

 the species is restricted. 



Fig. 5. — Skull and Horns of Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). 



Shoulder-height about 30 inches. General colour of 

 adult male brownish fawn, gradually darkening — at least in 

 certain individuals and for some portion of the year — to deep 



