INDIAN ANTELOPES 



The Chung Chenmo valley in Thibet and its 

 neighbourhood, is the locality wherein this antelope 

 is generally shot by English sportsmen. 



Colonel Ward has never seen it at a less eleva- 

 tion than 14,800, or at a higher one than between 

 18,000 and 19,000 feet. 



The does are hornless, and are much smaller 

 than the bucks. The horns of the buck are jet 

 black, close grained, and deeply notched on their 

 anterior surfaces. 



Colonel Ward's best head carried horns measur- 

 ing 26^ inches in length, and General Kinloch's 

 best, out of twenty-five heads bagged, measured 

 two inches less. The latter heard of a pair of horns 

 measuring 28-^ inches, but, as he did not see them 

 himself, this is hearsay evidence. Rowland Ward 

 quotes horns up to 2/f inches; while Colonel 

 Ward, who also writes with great authority, does 

 not think that the average length of the horns of 

 a mature buck can be considered as exceeding 

 22 inches. The skin is useless. 



The vernacular names for this animal are 



In Nepaul Chiru. 



In Thibet Isos, Isors, and Choos. 



THE THIBETAN GAZELLE (Gazella picticaud(ita) 



This beautiful little gazelle, which stands only 

 about two feet in height, is in winter, when the 

 hair is long, grizzled-fawn in colour, with dirty- 

 white under parts ; while in summer, when the coat 

 is short, it is much darker in hue. 



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