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" Hardwicke in the Linnasan transactions, differs in many important 

 " particulars from the characters of the Dekhau species- This is 

 " much larger, and the color varies considerably both from the 

 " Hindostan Chickara, in which it is of a " uniform bright bay" and 

 " in the shades of individuals of different ages in the Dekhau. The 

 " spurious horns are so small, as rarely to be met with in adult 

 " individuals, and are situated on two osseous bumps or risings 

 " (strongly marked in the cranium) from which they seem to be 

 " easily detached. These osseous rings are immediately in front of 

 " the true horns, between the orbits, rather in front of a line drawn 

 " across the forehead through the centre of the eyes, and become 

 " covered with black callous skin, after the loss of the corneous tips. 

 " The true horns are situated behind the eyes, or between the eyes, 

 " and the ears, inclining backwards with a scarcely perceptible 

 " curve forwards, straight, parallel, round, smooth, thick, and strong 

 " at the base which has a few wrinkles and tapering to a point, 

 " their color black. Those of a very old male were 4f inches in 

 " length, and had three strong wrinkles, and one imperfect at the 

 " base ; Plate IV, Fig. 2. 



" The dimensions of a young adult male were ; height at the 

 " shoulder 2 feet 1^ inch, croup 2 feet 3 inches, length from the 

 " muzzle to the insertion of the tail 3 feet 6 inches, of tail 5 inches, 

 " ear 4^, horns 4 ; from the muzzle to the base of the horn 6, of 

 " head 8, leg 1 foot 5 inches, weight 43 Ibs. 



" But I have found them even heavier. The doe is about the 

 " same size, and has no horns, nor any bony projections above the 

 " eyes. The mammae are four in number. The color is brown of 

 " various shades, not bright, but sometimes so light as to approach 

 " a dull fawn, darker than the Cervicapra, but not so bright and 

 " deep as in the gazelle. The shade is browner on the hind quarters, 

 " and darkest in the middle of the back. It becomes lighter on the 

 " sides till it passes gradually into white in the middle of the belly, 

 " without the well-defined dark line of separation, observable in the 

 " other two species. The forelegs, particularly above the knees, the 

 " inside of the fetlocks, the nose and edge of the ears are very dark. 

 " A narrow line between the forelegs which gradually widens 

 " towards the hinder flanks, the inside of the arms and thighs, are 



