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them. It is, I think, much to be regretted however that Jerdon has 

 not given a more full description of Elliot's antelope, HAWKEYK 

 writes as follows to the South of India Observer. I find that I 

 have not noted the date of the paper, but it must have been in 

 August or September 1868 : 



" THE MOUNTAIN ANTELOPE" 



" Is but little known, and, perhaps, has not even been heard of 

 " by many, as one of the game animals, frequenting the mountain 

 " ranges of Southern India. Two have been killed on these hills, 

 " during the last ten or twelve years, by a well known sportsman 

 " residing here.* The first was given over to the Museum at this 

 " place, but being badly preserved, was destroyed by insects ; this 

 " was a female, the second was a male. I will attempt, as well as I 

 " can, to describe this animal, which, though it can scarcely be new to 

 " science, has at any rate not been fully noticed in detail by Jerdon, 

 " who may, for what I know be ignorant of its locality, for I can 

 " find nothing in his volume of the Mammals of India, descriptive 

 " of the animal in question. Jerdon in his work, classes the Moun- 

 " tain Antelope with the capricorns, or as he calls them, antelope 

 " goat ; but this I conceive cannot apply to the animal I am deal- 

 " ing with. On the Pulney Hills, the mountain antelope is not 

 " scarce, as it is here. On those mountains, which are so open and 

 " undulating, like the Downs in England, with little or no wood 

 " or sholahs, scattered here and there, as on the Neilgherries ; the 

 " mountain antelope is on ground suitable to its habits, and can, 

 " without difficulty, be met with ; though it is quite the contrary 

 " in bringing him to bag. Swift of foot, keenly alive to danger, 

 " not easily perceived when lying in the grassy hollows, and fleeing 

 " away at the least alarm, it requires much patience and woodcraft, 

 " on the part of the stalker, to ensure success. This animal has all 

 " the appearance of a doe antelope of the plains, in color, size and 

 " general features. The following points will, however, exhibit 

 " distinctive peculiarities, and may afford opportunity for others 

 " who may have met with this deer, to give more scientific inform- 

 " ation regarding it than I can, perhaps " SMOOTH BORE," who 

 " corresponds with the Field on sporting subjects, may be able 



" to do so. 



* Ootacamuncl, Neilgherries. VAGRANT, 



