MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



353 



9th May 1914. 



Assistant Superintendent, 



Northern Shan States. 



No. XI.— FEMALE BLACK BUCK WITH HORNS. 



In December last near Nishangara, Terai, I shot a female black buck 

 with horns. She was with a herd of about 12 others does. I examined her 

 after I had shot her and found her to be a perfectly normal female in 

 every respect and also as regards the colour of her coat. 



I enclose a photograph of the head. The long horn measures 20^ inches 

 round the curves and is rather loose about 10 inches from the base. I 

 imagine that in a few weeks the upper part would have fallen off. The 

 other horn as you see is broken. The horns have not separated from the 

 skull as in the case with a buck. 



I should be much interested to know whether a case of a female with 

 horns has ever been brought to your notice before and if so what is the 

 maximum length of head recorded. 



I have never heard of such a case before and as I can find no one else 

 who has I thought I would write and ask you hoping that you would be 

 able to give me some information on the subject. 



