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14. A band of 9 was reported in 1923 on Spring Lake ranch, Lamb County ; 

 in December, 1924, 30 were estimated in tbis county. 



15. One hundred antelope were estimated in the fall of 1924 in Cochran 

 County. 



16. Seventy-five are reported in Hockley County. 



17. A band of 10 is reported in Lubbock County. 



18. Five antelope are reported in Kent County. 



19. In the spring of 1924 a band of 5 was reported about 18 miles west of 

 Seminole, and another band of the same number about 16 miles west of Sea- 

 graves, Gaines County ; in the fall of that year the total number in the county 

 was estimated at 30. 



20. A band of five is reported in Borden County. 



21. A band of five is reported in Scurry County. 



FiG. 16. — Distribution of antelope in Texas, estimated at 2,407, in 42 areas 



22. Twenty-five are reported in Andrews County. 



23. Fifteen are reported in Mitchell County. 



24. In 1922, 10 to 12 were reported as ranging in northern Hudspeth 

 County, southwest of Orange, N. Mex. 



25. Several small bands, aggregating about 65 antelope, were reported in 

 1922 as occurring in central Hudspeth County. A. E. Gray, in charge of the 

 rodent work of the Biological Survey in Texas, writes that the consensus of 

 opinion among ranchmen is that these animals are gradually decreasing. 

 The stockmen state that, in addition to the antelope killed by local residents, 

 numbers are killed by hunters from El Paso who make annual trips into that 

 country during the deer season. In the fall of 1924, however, the State game 

 department estimated a total of 125 antelope in Hudspeth County; in the 

 absence of details as to their distribution it may be assumed that this indi- 

 cates an increase in herd No. 25. 



