The North-West Provinces generally, and par- 

 ticularly the Bikanir desert between Rajputana 

 and the Punjab, are the home of the finest black 

 buck to be found in India, and in the Hissar dis- 

 trict, according to Jerdon on information received 

 by him, vast herds, calculated at from 8,000 to 

 10,000, have long ago occasionally been seen in 

 the Government cattle farm. Jerdon says that he 

 has seen herds of some thousands together in the 

 vicinity of Jalna in the Deccan. 



Guzerat, in the Bombay presidency, is, I gather 

 from private information received from a brother 

 sportsman, a great place for antelope as well as for 

 chinkara. 



In the postscript to his splendid work, General 

 Kinloch mentions having actually bagged a head 

 on the borders of the Bikanir desert some ninety 

 miles from Ferozepur, the horns of which measured 

 26f- inches ; and adds that amongst a herd con- 

 taining some 1,500 animals, he saw a buck with 

 horns far surpassing any which he has bagged or 

 seen elsewhere, and states that he believes that he 

 is quite within the mark in estimating them at not 

 less than 29 inches. R. Ward quotes one head of 

 28f, another of 28^, and two of 28 inches respec- 

 tively. 



The venison of a Mysore black buck is excellent, 

 in fact, far superior to the mutton of that country. 



The principal vernacular names for this animal 

 are 



Hindustani (male) Harna, Harin ; (female) 

 Hirni. 



