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measurements are on the outside of the horns from tip to base, 

 circumference at base ; with Deer above first time. Mr. Ward gives 

 the weight of various animals, but as he says, " weights taken in 

 the field should be accepted as approximate," we should be inclined 

 to say that they should not be accepted at all. We will mention 

 the best measurements of some of our Indian animals and hope 

 that some member be able to "cap" them. 



The best barking deer is 6 1 inches with a circumference of 

 '6 inches ; this is from the collection of A. 0. H. 



A great number of Sambar measurements are given, and again 

 A. O. H. is first as regards length, viz., 46| inches ; the circumference 

 is however not equally good, viz., 6| inches; the thickest has a 

 circumference of 7| inches, length 44 1, from Rangoon 0. P., owner 

 Col. W. J. Morris. He also gives the span and the extreme width 

 inside measurements, which, especiall}^ the span, as might be expected, 

 vary considerably. The number of points are given ; out of 87 

 measurements a single horn from Nagpur has 7 points, two 4X4, one 

 7X6 (A. 0. H), several 4x3, and of course the majority 3x3 : Mr. 

 Ward makes two species of the Sambar, 1st, Cervus aristofeiis, habitat 

 India, Burmah, and China ; 2ncl, Husa hippelaphus, habitat Central 

 and Southern India; but as C. aristotelis audit. liippe\aphu& are syno- 

 nyms for one and the same animal, and as there is one Sambar, not two 

 Sambars, we do not know what Mr. Ward means, unless it is the 

 latest invention of some species monger. 



A. 0. H. again has the second Hog-deer as regards length, m., 

 19j inches with a girth of 3^ inches, the greatest girth being 

 3^ inches of an 11 1 inches horn. 



Major Cumberland has a very fine Swamp-deer, head 41 inches, 

 but unfortunately one horn is broken, shot in the C. P. in 1891 ; 

 this deer seems to belie its name of Barasingh, as out of 36 measure- 

 ments only 8 have 12 points, two specimens from Nepal have 8X8 

 and 9X8 points resjDectively ; both are in the British Museum. 



37-^ inches is the best Oheetal-head (A. 0. H), and 47 inches the 

 best Barasingh (Kashmir) ; again 12 points is the exception ; the 

 best has 8x8 points. 



We now come to the Antelopes. The best Four-horned Antelope 

 has horns 4| and 2| inches. The Blackbuck 284 (straight) ; 



