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other. There is no sign of a break from fighting or any other cause. When 

 I shot this stag my shikari was extremely excited, telling me that the 

 Manipuris say that in each variety of deer only one stag bears such a head, 

 and any one who has one in his possession will be wealthy and healthy for 

 the remainder of his life. I only hope this will prove true. 

 The measurements of this deformed head are : — 



Left Horn : Beam 31| inches. Brow Antler 15 inches=46;| inches. 

 Right Horn : No Beam. Brow-Antler 18f inches. 

 The best head bagged last year was shot by a Jemadar of the Regiment, 

 measuring: — 



Left horn : 49 inches. Right Horn 53J inches. 

 Two other very good heads were shot by Colonel Ty tier measuring over 52 

 inches and 53 inches respectively. 



A. H. D. BARRON, 



17th Infantry. 

 Manipuk, 11th November 1911. 



No. IV.— DO CHINKARA {GAZELLA BENNETTI) DRINK WATER ? 



W. S. Burke, in his Indian Field Shihar Booh writes concerning the Chin- 

 kara, " It is said never to drink." I have had very little experience with 

 Chinkara, but on two occasions within the last year I have seen them com- 

 ing to drink. 



In the C. P. last December every afternoon from 4: p.m. to 5 p.m. about 

 12 Chinkara used to come and drink either singly or in pairs at a 

 road-side tank. Last June I also observed them, both bucks and does 

 drinking from a river, near which I had pitched my tent. I do not know 

 whether you have already had correspondence on the subject, but it would 

 be interesting to know if others have noticed this. 



,C. R. S. PITMAN, 2nd Lt., 

 Alipoke, August 1911. 27th Punjabis. 



No. v.— INDIAN BREEDS OF SHEEP. 



I shall be much obliged if any member of the Society can procure for me 

 a skull of a ram of the four-horned breeds of sheep which Col. Godwin 

 Austen said {cf. Proc. Zoological Society, 1879, p. 802) are carefully pre- 

 served in Kishtwar. The only specimen which he brought home of this 

 remarkable breed, was destroyed many years ago, and I can find no des- 

 cription, figure or specimen of this breed anywhere in England. 



Four-horned sheep are known in many countries, and we have in 

 England no less than 3 distinct breeds in which 4-horns are common 

 though not universal in the male sex. 

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