BULLET AND SHOT 



In Tirhoot (male) Kala ; (female) Goria. 



In Behar (male) Kalsar ; (female) Baoti. 



In Bhagulpur Bureta. 



In Nepaul Barout and Sasin. 



Canarese Hoolay-Kerra, Jinki. 



Mahrathi Hiru. 



Telegu Jinka, and (male) Irri ; (female) Sedi. 



THE INDIAN GAZELLE 

 CHIKARA, OR RAVINE DEER (Gazella Bennetti) 



This pretty little animal appears to be more local 

 than is the Indian antelope, but in many places is 

 found upon precisely the same ground, though the 

 chikara usually confines itself to such portions 

 thereof as may be covered by bushes, or in 

 which ravines occur. Its height at the shoulder 

 is only about 2 feet 2 inches in the case of a buck, 

 and the latter's horns vary from 12 to 14 inches in 

 length. They are annulated, but are not spiral as 

 in the case of the black buck, and, unlike those of 

 the latter, they curve forward at the tips. In 

 colour the chikara is deep red-fawn, with the lower 

 parts and buttocks white. 



Personally, I have never seen more than three 

 or four together, but my experience of chikara is 

 limited to two trips in a part of Mysore in which 

 these animals and antelope occupy the same 

 ground. 



At first sight, a buck chikara might be mistaken 

 for a young buck antelope, but he is in reality 



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