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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Chiru. 



CHIEU or TIBETAN ANTELOPE (Pantholops hodgsoni). 



Among several animals peculiar to the Tibetan plateau none is 

 more interesting than the chiru, whose beautiful horns form some of 

 the most cherished trophies of the sportsman. Although very unlike 

 in general appearance, the chiru is a near ally of the saiga, having the 

 nose even more swollen at the sides, at least in the male, but less bent 

 downwards at the tip. The long black horns of the bucks, which 

 are somewhat compressed, rise almost vertically from the head, and 

 are slightly divergent, nearly straight below, but evenly curving forwards 

 above, and ridged in front General colour of hair, which is very dense 

 and short, pale fawn above, with a pinkish suffusion, but the face and 



