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its head down and back arched. It is supplied with large suborbital sinuses, which 

 it uses in the manner of tbe Ant. Cervicapra. 



Antilope Cervicapra, Pall. Bahmani Hern of theMabrattas. — This animal abounds 

 on the plains of the Dakhan in flocks of scores, but is not met with iu the 

 Ghats. The suborbital sinuses are capable of great dilatation, and the animal 

 applies them to objects as if for the purpose of smelling. 



Ant. Bennettii, Sykes. Ant. cornubus nigris, lyratis, apicibus icevibus leviter 

 introrsum antrorsumque versis, ad basin ultra medium annulatis (annulis 8-9J ; 

 rufescenti-brunneus, infra albus, Jascid laterali haud conipicud; fascia medid 

 strigdque ab angulo oculi ad oris augulum extensd nigris ; caudd nigra. 



Kalsipi or black Tail of the Mahrattas. Goat Antelope of Europeans. 



This Antelope is found on the rocky hills of the Dakhan, rarely exceeding three 

 or four in a group, and very frequently solitary. It belongs to the same section as the 

 Ant. Dorcas. Horns erect, slightly diverging from each other, bending slightly 

 backwards, at first subsequently with their joints bending forward. Ringed for | of 

 their length. The whole upper surface and outside of the limbs rufous or red 

 brown. Under surface and inside of the limbs white. Tail black. A black patch 

 on the nose. A black narrow streak from the anterior corner of each eye towards 

 the angle of the mouth. Suborbital sinuses very small ; in dried skins not observa- 

 ble ; nor does the animal dilate them unless very much alarmed. Limbs long and 

 slender; black tufts at the knees. Body light. The female has horns, but t iey are 

 slender, cylindrical, and without rings. The buttocks present a heart shaped 

 patch of white. Unlike the Ant. Cervicapra it carries its tail erect when in rapid 

 motion. It stands as high as the Bahmani Hurn, but has less bulk. 



Ant. . Brown Antelope. 



I possess the skin of a three-parts grown Antelope, a native of the Dakhan, which 

 lived for some months in my possession, but which its immature age prevents me 

 from identifying, It had much the air of the Ant. rufescens and Ant. silvicultrix. 

 It promised to have been a stouter animal than the Ant. Bennettii. Its habits were 

 quite different, and it was remarkable for the impunity with which it fed, like a 

 goat, upon the poisonous Euphorbia Tirucalli. The whole animal was brown above, 

 whited brown below. Horns cylindrical, pointed, without rings. 



Capra. Hircus, Linn. Baki of the Mahrattas. 



The goats in the Dakhan are gaunt, stand high on their legs, have tbe sides much 

 compressed, and are covered with long shaggy hair, which in most is black. Ears 

 nearly pendent. Irides ochrey yellow or reddish yellow. Tail always carried erect 

 in movement. 



Ovis Aries, Linn. — Sheep are most extensively bred in the Dakhan, and as many as 

 20,000 or 30,000 sheep and goats may be seen together in the uncultivated tracts. 

 The Dakhan variety has short legs, short thickish body, and arched chaffron, Tlie 

 wool is short, crisp, and coarse, and in nine out often sheep is black. Coarse blan- 

 kets only are made of the wool. In most sheep there is a white streak or line from 

 the anterior angle of each eye towards the mouth, and a white patch on the crown 

 of the head. Away from our cantonments sheep are bought at 2*. per head. 



Ant. picta. Pall. Damalis risea, H. Smite. Bui of the Malirattas. Nylgau of 

 the Persians. 



Thisanimalis an inhabitantof the Western Ghats of the Dakhan. The female is 

 of a much redder slate hue than the male, and the young are absolutely rufous, 

 changing and deepening to gray -slate with age. 



Bos, Taurus, var. Indicus.{ Bos. Indicus, Linn.) Pohl and 2?y/ofthe Mahrattas. 



Tnis animal, remarkable for its hump, is when early training to labour or to car- 

 riage nearly destitute of it. The Brahmani Bull, of which the Society has a fine 

 specimen, in its free slate, is scarcely able to move from obesity ; but employed in 

 the yoke or in carrying loads it would hardly be recognized as belonging to the 

 same race. Park cattle are most extensively bred by the singular erratic ;eople, 

 the Brinjaris, and an army rarely moves in the field without 15,000 or 20,000 uul- 

 locks to carry its grain. Dwarf cattle are not met with in the Dakhan. 



Bos. Bubalus, Br. Male called Tondgah; Female, Mahis of the Mahrattas. 



The Bujf'aioe of the Dakhan, which is the long- horned variety, is mostly bred in 

 the Mawals or hilly tracts along the Ghats. In those tracts much rice is planted, 

 and the male Bujf'aioe from his superior hardihood is much better suited to resist 

 the effects of tbe heavy rains, and the splashy cultivation of lice than the bulljck. 

 The female is also infinitely more valuable than the cow, from the very much 

 greater quantity of milk she yields. 



