The Nilgai, or Blue Bull 



that they could go for a considerably longer period 

 without liquid. 



Nilgai were first exhibited alive in England in 1767, 

 when a pair were sent from Bombay as a present to 

 Lord Clive ; a second pair being shortly afterwards 

 presented to the then queen. In 1862 Senior Comba 

 introduced a dozen nilgai into his park at Mandria, 

 Italy ; and ten years later the herd had increased to 172 

 head, which roamed at complete liberty over the domain. 

 A small herd is kept by the Duke of Bedford in the 

 park at Woburn Abbey. 



THE CHOUSINGHA, OR FOUR-HORNED 

 ANTELOPE 



(Jfetraceros qiiadricornis) 



Native Names. — Chousingha^ Chouka^ Doda^ Hindu- 

 stani ; Bhokra^ Phokra^ Guzrati ; Bhirki at 

 Sangor ; Bhir of the Gonds ; Bhirul of the 

 Bhils ; Kotari at Chutia Nagpur ; Kurus of 

 THE GoNDs OF Bastar ; Konda-gori, Telegu ; 

 Kondguri^ Kau/ia-Kuri, Canarese ; Jangli-bakri 

 in the Deccan. 



(Plate v, fig. 6) 



It is not a little remarkable that while among the 

 host of antelopes inhabiting Africa not a single species 

 has developed more than the ordinary pair of horns, 

 yet that among the few representatives of the group 

 found in India there should be one with two pairs ot 

 these appendages. It is still more remarkable that the 

 only other wild four-horned ruminant in the world is, 

 or rather was (for it is extinct, and only known by its 

 fossilised remains) also an inhabitant of India. The 

 latter animal is the Sivatherium^ of the Siwalik Hills of 

 Northern India, which is by far the largest of all known 



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