The Para, or Hog-Deer 



to conceal its body, it is easy to see why it retains the 

 large ears of its relative the sambar. Unlike the latter, 

 it is unsociable, never collecting in herds, and generally 

 found soHtary, except in the pairing-season, when two 

 or three individuals go together. The antlers are 

 generally shed in April, the pairing-season takes place 

 in September or October, and the fawns make their 

 appearance in the following May or June. 



Hog-deer are somewhat ugly movers, running with 

 the head carried low. They are frequently put up when 

 pig-sticking on grass plains, and afford a good run. In 

 Dera Dun and the sub-Himalayan Terai these deer are 

 generally shot from elephants while beating large tracts 

 of srass when larger orame is not on the move. The 



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does lie so close as almost to be kicked up by the feet 

 of the elephants ; but the bucks are more alert, and rise 

 sooner, so that the best chance of shooting them is to 

 ride on one flank somewhat in advance of the line of 

 elephants, or to take up a position on foot in a place to 

 which they are likely to bolt. To the novice shooting 

 such comparatively small and quickly moving animals 

 from elephant-back will be tound by no means an easy 

 matter. 



THE SWAMP-DEER, OR BARASINGHA 



(Cervus duvauceli) 



Native Names. — Barasingha and Maha^ Hindustani ; 

 Baraya^ Gonr^ and Ghos in the Nepal Terai ; 

 Jhinkar in the Kyarda Dun ; Goin^ Sindi ; Goin- 

 jak (male), Gaoni (female) in Central India ; 

 Bara-Nerwari, and Sal-Samar in Mandla ; 

 Bhelingi-pohu^ Assamese. 



(Plate vi, fig. 7) 



Were it not that the name is so frequently mis- 

 applied to the hangul, the Hindustani title barasingha 



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