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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 

 antelopes 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, and spring- 



