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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skull and Horns of Blackbuck. From Mr. A. O. Hume's specimen. 



BLACKBUCK or INDIAN ANTELOPE (Antilope cervicapra). 



Although in former days nearly all the then known species of 

 antelope were included in the genus Antilope, the extent of the 

 latter has been gradually whittled down until it now comprises the 

 Indian blackbuck alone. In addition to being the sole representative 

 of the genus, this species is also the type of a sub-family or group of 

 antelopes, embracing among others the saiga, the gazelles, the pala, 



