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to each other. " I think from the description this must be 

 Elliot's antelope, it is evidently the same animal as mine. 

 The only doubt is that in my specimen there is not a sign of 

 'spurious horns,' though it has the 'osseous bumps' which 

 are so conspicuous in yours, but certainly are not to be ' easily 

 detached ' as stated in Elliot's description. In all other 

 respects the measurements and description correspond exactly; 

 though it is strange Elliot did not notice the peculiar white 

 lower jaw which is so marked in my specimen : this and the 

 entire absence of spurious horns may fix it as a different 

 species. Here are my measurements, taken when the animal 

 was fresh killed. You will see how close they are to Elliot's. 

 Height at shoulder 25 inches 



I see your horns are at slightly different angles but not so 

 marked as mine. They are J of an inch longer." 



In respect to this supposed species, Mr. W. T. Blandford, 

 F.R.S., ("Fauna of British India," p. 520,) under Tetraceros 

 quadricornis Varieties, says : " In the Madras Presidency 

 the anterior horns are said to be rarely developed, and cer- 

 tainly fully adult animals occur without any, and with 

 only small projections on the skull, but I can see no other 

 difference ; the skulls, whether the anterior horns are devel- 

 oped or not, are precisely similar in form and scarcely differ 

 in size. In the case of a male that I obtained young in 

 Nimar and that was kept alive by a friend in Bombay, the 



