52 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



Chinkara, or Indian Gazelle. 



Type of Tragops and Tragopsis, founded upon the 

 supposed absence of face-glands. 



Typical locality Deccan, Ii)dia. 



Nearly allied to last, but smaller. Shoulder-height about 

 25 to 26 inches ; ears shorter ; whole forehead deep rufous 

 fawn, as is also the whole of middle line of face, including 

 extremity of muzzle ; nose-spot ill-defined and blackish 

 brown ; horns without any noticeable inturning of tips, 

 those of female apparently smaller than in fuscifrons. 



Horns nearly straight, diverging slightly from bases, 

 with a slight S-like curvature in profile, and the tips usually 

 bending slightly forwards, without any perceptible inturning, 

 15 or 16 ridges, occasionally more; general colour dull fawn 

 (light chestnut), with the dark face-stripes and muzzle deep 

 rufous fawn, and an ill-defined blackish brown nose-spot ; 

 ears medium, fawn on backs ; flank and pygal bands 

 brownish fawn scarcely darker than back. Basal length of 

 skull about 7^ inches, maximum width 3^, length from 

 muzzle to orbit 4 inches. Good horns measure from 12 to 

 15| inches in length, with a basal girth of from 3^ to 4|, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of from 4^ to 8-| inches. 



The range is restricted to peninsular India and perhaps 

 Sind ; the lowland gazelle of Eastern Persia identified by 

 Blanford with this species heing fuscifrons. 



42. 8. 6. 9. Skull, with horns, and skin. Deccan. Co- 

 type. Presented ly Col. W. H. Sykes, 1842. 

 42. 8. 6. 10. Skin, mounted, female. Same locality. 

 Co-type. Same history. 

 617, a. Pair of horns. India. Type of G. cliristii. 



Presented hy Br. J. Christie, about 1842. 



55. 1. 20. 13. Frontlet and horns. Nepal. 



Presented hy H.H. Maharaja Dhuleejp Singh, 1855. 



56. 5. 6. 69-70. Two skulls, with horns. Salt Ptange, 

 Punjab ; collected by W. Theobald, Esq. 



Presented hy Dr. T. Oldham, 1856. 

 56. 5. 6. 71-72. Two skulls, female. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



85. 6. 13. 3. Skull, with horns, and skin. Sind. 



Presented hy the Karachi Museum, 1885. 



