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ston in his sketches of Indian field sports, and known to 

 be an inhabitant of the forests of Ramgur. 



7. Antelope subulata of Colonel H. Smith, is another 

 species only known by its horns, which were likewise 

 brought from India and deposited in the Museum of the Col- 

 lege of Surgeons. 



8. The Indian antelope, A. cervicapra ; with long, straight, 

 undulating horns ; dark brown above, beneath white. 



9. The four-horned antelope, or Chekara of the natives, 

 common in Bengal, Bahar and Orissa. 



10. The Thar antelope of the Himalaya. 



11. The Ghoral antelope of the Himalaya. 



12. The wild goat of the Himalaya, called Jharal. 



13. The wild sheep of the same quarter, called Nay our, or 

 Nahoor by the Napalese. 



14. The Chira antelope of Nepal. Two species of wild 

 goat and one wild sheep are named and described by 

 Captain Hutton, the two first as new species inhabiting Aff- 

 ghanistan. Two species of wild goats, called Jaral by the 

 Madras sportsmen, or jungle sheep, are known in southern 

 India; one is an inhabitant of the Neelgherries, the other 

 of the plains at the foot of those mountains. There is also 

 the Burral, or wild sheep of Nepal, which may be one or 

 other of the above species. 



15. A brown or yellow antelope, of the goat -like group 

 Ncemorhedus, inhabits the forests of Arracan. This, from a 

 skull and horns furnished by Lieut. Phayre, and a head of 

 the same animal in the collection of the Asiatic Society, 

 seems to be an undescribed species.* 



16. It is unnecessary to specify the smaller quadrupeds of 

 continental India which it would be desirable to procure, as 

 scarcely any of them are known in Museums, much less in 



* The Nylghau appears to be the only antelope of India introduced 

 to England, where it is found to breed and thrive so well, that it is 

 not now an uncommon animal. 



