236 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
the springbuck and the majority of the gazelles horns are present in 
both sexes, but in the rest are confined to the males. From all 
the other members of this assemblage the blackbuck is distinguished 
by the beautiful spiral formed by its horns. It has large, expansile 
face-glands, a short and compressed tail, and lateral hoofs. Height 
at shoulder about 32 inches; average weight, 85 lbs. It is only in 
adult males that the characteristic dark tint from which the species 
takes it name is developed, young males being uniformly brownish 
fawn above like the does. 
Distribution.—India, from the foot of the Himalaya to Cape Comorin, 
and from the Punjab to Lower Assam ; unknown in Ceylon and 
the countries to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal. 
aie Sous hindosLip: Locality: Owner. 
303 nee ae ? Capt. J. MacRae-Gilstrap. 
1283 ae in Jeypore . : . General Sir B. Blood. 
284 5 17= Near Delhi. 5 vals (Oh JB kunsaves 
—28 ce: 20 Jeypore . : . Lieut -Col. P. Durell Pank. 
-28 5 15 Near Ahmedabad .  T. Le Mesurier. 
27% a “ Jeypore . : . General Sir B. Blood. 
27 53 193 Patiala . \ : Major W. Cox. 
27 4¢ 162 Bikanir . : : H.H. the Maharaja of Bikanir. 
26¢ 42 26 Ulwar . : .  Lieut.-Col. L. Impey. 
262 42 254 Bhurtpore, United  Lieut.-Gen. Sir E. T. H. Hutton. 
Province 
267 5 212 Punjab . : . Capt. R. P. Wemyss Quin. 
264 5t 272 United Province . Capt. C. B. Oldfield. 
262 5 17Z Sirsa, Punjab . : A. O. Hume. 
—262 5 19 Dholpur . 3 = Gapt. JS) Hooker: 
26,°5 54 22 Bikanir . : : Col. G. D. F. Sulivan. 
26555 44 20 2 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
264 5 231 Onde. : -. EE. St. J. Lawson. 
26 5 are Bikanir . : . Major H. W. Codrington. 
26 5a 194 IDYome : . H.H. the Maharaja of Bikanir. 
253 42 19 Jeypore . ; . Hon. A. Holland-Hibbert. 
255 54 19 Lady Jenkins. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
1 Measured and recorded by Mr. A. O. Hume, but not now in the possession of General Sir B. Blood. 
