Game Animals of India, etc. 



moderate height ; but they are occasionally found in 

 forest. In India the species seems restricted to the 

 plains of the Indus and Ganges valley, its reported 

 occurrence in the peninsula proper being unconfirmed. 

 On this vast plain its range extends from Sind and the 

 Punjab, through Assam and Sylhet, into Burma ; the 

 southern limit on that side of the Bay of Bengal being 



Fig. 43. — Hog-Deer Stag in summer dress, from a photugr.iph by the Duchess 

 of Bedford. 



apparently Tenasserim. Its occurrence in Ceylon is 

 due to importation. 



Hog-deer live mainly by grazing, and are therefore 

 suited for turning out in parks, on account of not 

 damaging trees and foliage. Numbers have been 

 turned out by the Marquis d'Hervey at St. Denys, 

 and by Monsieur Pays Melher at Pataudiere ; and 

 the species also thrives in the Duke of Bedford's park 

 at Woburn. 



The para is to a considerable extent nocturnal, and 

 since it generally dwells among grass of sufficient height 



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