280 AISTILOPIN^. 



Hodgson separated the Indian gazelle under the generic iiame ot 

 Tragops, but on erroneous grounds, as the eye-pits (on the absence of 

 which he grounded his genus) are present, though small. 



229. Gazella Bennettii. 



Antilope apud Sykes, Cat. — Blyth, Cat. 533.— .4. arabica apud 

 Elliot, Cat. 55. — A. dorcas, var. Sundbvall. — A. Christii Gray?- — A. 

 hazenna, Is. Geofproy, Voy. Jacqukmont, Zool. pi. VI. — Chikdra, H., 

 throughout India. — Kal-punch, H., and Kal-sipi, Mahr., i. e., black-tail. — 

 TisJca, Can. ; also Buddriand Mudari, Can. — B4rudu-jinka, Tel. — Porsya, 

 male, and Chari, female, of Baoris. — Haeenne, near Chittor in Malwa 

 (Jacqdemont). — Ravine-deer of sportsmen in Bengal. — Goat-antelope in 

 Bombay and Madras. 



The Indian Gazelle. 



Descr. — Color above deep fawn brown, darker where it joins the white 

 on the sides and buttocks ; chin, breast, lower parts and buttocks behind 

 white ; tail, knee tufts and fetlocks behind black ; a dark brown spot 

 on the nose, and a dark line from the eyes to the mouth, bordered by a 

 light one above. 



Length of a buck Z\ feet; tail 8^ inches; height 26 at shoulder 28 

 at the croup ; ear 6 inches ; head 9 ; horns 12 to 13. 



The horns vary much in thiclmess and lyration. I have seen several 14 

 inches long with 23 rings ; but Adams states that he has seen them in the 

 Punjab 18 inches ;* as a rule very few exceed 14 inches, and most are 

 below this. The tip sometimes curves much forward. The horns of the 

 female are small, rarely longer than 6 inches, usually 4 to 5, slender, slight- 

 ly wrinkled at the base, inclining backwards with, the tip bent forwards. 



The Indian Gazelle is found throughout India in suitable localities, 

 unknown in lower Bengal and the Malabar coast, and most abundant in 

 the desert parts of Eajpootana, Hurriana, and Sindh. It is never found 

 in forest country, nor in districts having a damp climate, but is often met 

 with in low thorny jungle. As a rule, however, it prefers the open bare 

 plains, or low rocky hills or sand-hills ; and a barren country to a richly 

 cultivated one. It occurs generally in small herds, rarely more than 7 

 or 8, except in the extreme north-west, where I have seen 20 or more 

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• I think there must be some mistake in Hi is, either that the measurpuient is wrong, or that a 

 different species is meant. 



