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I also met with solitary specimens, or small families of young, within the 

 hills, as at Jora. 



The common Indian antelope, Antilope bezoartica, is only found in 

 the eastern parts of Kaehh, towards Rajpiitana, while the Indian gazelle, 

 Gazella Bennetti, occurs abundantly throughout the country. Jerdon 

 (Ind. Mamm. p. 281) says that ' Gazella Christii, G-ray, from Sincl and 

 Kaehh, is said to be paler, and with the horns more slender, and smaller than 

 in the Indian gazelle, and with the tips abruptly bent inwards.' I have seen 

 a great number of animals shot in different parts of Kaehh, and preserved 

 also a few skins, but they do not exhibit the least difference from the 

 ' Chinkara' of Central and Northern India. 



Aves. 



In the subjoined list I have included only those species of which I 

 procured specimens, and of the identity of which I had been able to satisfy 

 myself. In addition to these I observed a small number of others, and 

 although the identity of some of them appeared to me at that time toler- 

 ably certain, I shall note them separately ; for with the number of very 

 closely allied forms one cannot be cautious enough in avoiding mistakes in 

 determination. Among the species which I have not procured are : Astur 

 palumbarius which I saw on several occasions kept by falconers, but I could 

 not obtain information that the specimens were procured in Kaehh. At 

 the beginning of November, I noticed on the Jora hills a solitary speci- 

 men of a Centropus, it was either rupZpennis or viridis. Both, Alauda 

 gulgula and cristata, do, I believe, occur, and I was under the impres- 

 sion that my shikari secured specimens, but on examination none were re- 

 presented. Carpodacus erythrinus was seen on two occasions in January. 

 I am also tolerably certain of the occurrence of Tringa minuta, Nume- 

 nius arqwata, Herodias alba, Anas boschas, Mergus castor, Casarca rutil- 

 la, Bodiceps cristatus, Anser indicus and cinereus ; all these, besides a 

 great number of other water-fowl, were seen on the large lake at Bhimsir 

 near the Denodur hill, and also S. W. of Barasir in the Charvar range. At 

 the former locality I also observed one or two species of Gallinula, and a 

 small Borzana. On two occasions I saw in the western part of Kaehh 

 what at the time I took for solitary specimens of Oiconia alba, and on one 

 occasion a solitary Cic. nigra. When crossing the Rami from Kaehh to 

 Pacham early in November, I noticed several swans, but at too a great 

 distance for it to be possible to form an idea as to the species the birds 

 belonged to ; a large Cursorial bird was also rather common, but I coidd not 

 get a shot at him. It had the appearance of a gigantic Chettusia, being 

 about double the size of Ch. gregaria, and somewhat similar in coloration. 



