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52. RusA UNicoLOR, Bechs. — The Sambhar. 

 (Blanford No. 367.) 



This species keeps to the low hills and forests in the submontane tracts. 

 Considerable numbers of these animals are to be found in the Rawin 

 State, where most of the temples are adorned with its horns. 



Last winter I came across a herd consisting of about 7 or 10 does 

 wandering about in some scrubby jungles near Koti (elevation 3,600 feet) 

 in the Bhaghat State. 



53. Axis axis, Erxl. — The Spotted-Deer. 



(Blanford No. 368.) 



(Kangra ^= " Bara Singha, " " Jhank".) 



Found in the Sal Forests of the Sirmur Doon, and also in Raithun 

 (Patiala State). 



54. Axis POiiciNXJS, Zimm. — The Hoy-Deer. 

 (Blanford No. 369.) 

 The Hog-Deer occurs in the tropical portions of the Sirmur State. 



55. MoscHus MOSCHiFERUs, L. — The Mus1i-Deer. 

 (Blanford No. 370.) 



(Simla Hill States = "Kastura", " Moskinafa " ; Kangra = "Kastura," 

 " Raunsa " ; Kulu = " Beena .") 



This Deer is found in most of the forests in the interior of these hills, 

 but is gradually becoming rare. It generally keeps above 8,000 feet. 



56. Sus CRiSTAXUS, Wag. — The Indian Wild Boar. 

 (Blanford No. 374.) 



(Simla Hill States, Kangra, and Kulu = " Sur. ") 



This species is perhaps the most numerous of aJl the game animals in 

 the lower hills from about 5,000 feet downwards. It abounds in the 

 Simla Hill States of Bhaghat, Bhajji, Baghal, Bilaspur, Nalagarh and is 

 most destructive to crops. 



Mr. W. N. Leicester, who has shot for many years about these hills 

 assures me that Pigs are frequently to be found as high as 7,000 feet 

 He has seen a few of these animals near the " Catchment area" here, and 

 some close to Narkanda. 



So far as my observations go there seems to be only one species of wild 

 hog in these hills ; but according to General Osborn two varieties are 

 found in the Kangra District. He remarks: — 



" In these hills the boars grow to a very large size, and are very 

 destructive to the crops. The following measurements have been ob- 

 tained by a well-known sportsman : height at the shoulder, 36 inches ; 

 length from tip of nose to end of tail, 6 feet 2 inches ; length of tail, one 

 foot. There is another variety occupying the same jungles, which is only 

 three-quarters the size of the large kind. There is no other specific 

 difference between them. The shikaris of the Kangra country declare 

 that the smaller variety of wild boar is more savage and dangerous, when 

 wounded, than the larger kind." 



In the lower hills here the Pig breeds about the beginning of the rains, 

 generally producing 4 to 8 young at a birth. 



