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Cat. 54.— Figured Hakdwioke, 111. Ind. Zool., and F. Cuviek, Mamm. 

 3, 102-103. — Mirga, Sansc. — Mirga, the male, and Harna, the female, of 

 some Hindus. — Haran, male, and Hamin, female, H. and generally; also 

 Mahr. — rHarin, in Bengal. — The black buck called Kalwit, H., and Phan- 

 'dayat, Mahr. — Guria or Goria, in Tirhoot, the male being called Kdld. — ' 

 Kdlsar and Baoti, male and female, in Behar. — Burita, in Bhagulpore. — : 

 Barout and Sdsin, in Nepal. — Chigri, Can. — Irri, the male, and Ledi, the 

 female (but also applied to both), Tel. ; also Jinha, Tel (generic name). — 

 Alali, male, and Oandoli, female, of Baoris. 



TpE Indian* ANTBi4orE. 



Descr. — Horns long, diverging, with fiye flexures in old individuals ; 

 rings strong at the base, tip smooth ; color of adult male rich dark glossy 

 brown color above and on the sides, beneath and inside of the limbs white; 

 hind head, nape, and back of neck hoary-yellowish ; nose and lips, and a 

 large mark round the eyes white. 



Length about 4 feet to root of tail wjiich is 7 inches ; height at shoulder 

 32 inches ; ear 5-|. Hoyns from 20 to 27 inches long, 9 to 81 inches 

 divergent at tip. 



The female is somewhat less and is pale yellowish fawn-color above, 

 white beneath and inside the limbs, and with a pale strea,k from the 

 shoulder to the haunch. 



" The ho^ns of the males in the Southern Mahratta country," says Mr. 

 Elliot, "seldom exceed 19 or 20 inches in length. The largest I have 

 seen was 22 inches with four flexures in the spiral twist ; but I saw a pair 

 'from Hydrabad 24 incbes long with five flexures and fifty rings, and 

 another pair from Kattywar, which were 25 inches.'' In many parts of 

 Central ajid Northern India, the average length of the horns of black 

 buck exceeds those of Southern India, and in Hurriana, and especially 

 in the country between the Sutlej and Hissar, horns of 23 and 24 inches 

 are by no means uncommon, and I have seen them only 22 inches long 

 with more than five flexures. I have seen several pairs 26 inches long, 

 and heard of others 27, and I heard of one pair killed in the Deccan 

 that were said* to be close upon 30 inches. The horns vary much in the 

 size of the rings, in the degree of spiral twist, and in divergence. Three 

 jristances of females with horns are now on record. They were howevei- 



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