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Cat. 54. Figured HARDWICKE, 111. Ind. Zool., and F. CUVIER, Mamm. 

 III. 102-103. Mirga, Sansc. Mirga, the male, and Harna, the female, of 

 some Hindus. Haran, male, andHarnin, female, H. and generally ; also 

 Mahr. Hariri, in Bengal. The black buck called Kalwit, H., and 

 Phandayat, Mahr. Guria or Goria, in Tirhoot, the male being called 

 Kdld. Kdlsar and JBaoti, male and female, in Behar. Bureta, in 

 Bhagulpore. Barout and Sdsin, in Nepal. Chigri, Can. frri, the 

 male, and Ledi, the female (but also applied to both), Tel. ; also Jinka, 

 Tel. (generic name). Alali, male, and Gandoli, female, of Baoris. 



THE INDIAN ANTELOPE. 



Descr. Horns long, diverging, with five flexures in old individuals ; 

 rings strong at -the base, tip smooth ; colour of adult male, above 

 and on the sides, rich dark glossy brown ; beneath and inside of the 

 limbs white. Colour of the hind, head, nape, and back of neck hoary- 

 yellowish ; nose and lips, and a large mark round the eyes, white. 



Length about 4 feet to root of tail, which is 7 inches ; height at shoulder 

 32 inches ; ear 5J. Horns from 20 to 27 inches long, diverging at 

 the tip from 9 to 18 inches. 



The female is somewhat less, and is pale yellowish fawn-colour above, 

 white beneath and inside the limbs, and with a pale streak from the 

 shoulder to the haunch. 



" The horns of the males in the Southern Mahratta country," says Mr. 

 Elliot, "seldom exceed 19 or 20 inches in length. The largest I have 

 seen was 22 inches, with four flexures in the spiral twist;" but I saw a pair 

 from Hydrabad 24 inches long, with five flexures and fifty rings, and 

 another pair from Kattywar, which were 25 inches. In many parts of 

 Central and Northern India, the average length of the horns of black 

 buck exceeds those of Southern India, and in Hurriana, and especially 

 in the country between the Sutlej and Hissar, horns of 23 and 24 inches 

 are by no means uncommon, and I have seen them only 22 inches long 

 with more than five flexures. I have seen several pairs 26 inches long, 

 and heard of others 27, and I heard of one pair from the Deccan 

 that were said* to be close upon 30 inches. The horns vary much in the 

 size of the rings, in the degree of spiral twist, and in divergence. Three 

 instances of females with horns are now on record. They were, however, 



* This much requires confirmation. 



