Horns 



The little four-horned antelope is a frequenter 

 of grass jungles, being found out in the grass where 

 the savannahs are interspersed with forest areas, 

 only returning to the shade of the forest about 

 midday in the hot weather. Though it is not un- 

 common to find them out in the open, lying up in 

 a small nullah or ravine during the day. Their 

 tracks are dainty little impressions resembling to 

 some extent those of the chinkara. 



They are by no means so shy, or else do not 

 possess the same quick instinct and sense of hear- 

 ing and smell of the other deer, for it is com- 

 paratively easy to get near them, and, in fact, 

 it is not uncommon to put them up at one's feet. 

 The head is, of course, of small size, and scarcely 

 a trophy. The four horns are placed in pairs, the 

 shorter in front ; the latter are very small, being 

 as often as not mere knobs, whilst the larger ones 

 are placed behind, and may be as much as 3 or 4 

 inches in length. Height 25 inches, weight 43 Ibs. 



THE CHINKARA OR RAVINE DEER 



The little ' chink/ as he is familiarly known to 

 sportsmen, the chinkara, Indian gazelle, or ravine 

 deer (Gazella bennetti), is a most graceful little 

 antelope, and runs the black buck close in points 

 of beauty. He is, however, much smaller than 

 the black, and his horns in comparison to those of 

 the latter are small. They are, however, by no 

 means ungraceful, and a well-mounted head has 



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