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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Indian Gazelle, from a specimen shot by Loftus M. le Champion. 



INDIAN GAZELLE (Gazella bennetti). 



Closely allied to the Arabian species, this gazelle (the chikara of 

 the natives and the ravine-deer of many Anglo-Indian sportsmen) is of 

 smaller dimensions and much lighter colour ; the height at the shoulder 

 varying from 23 to 24 inches, and the general colour of the upper 

 parts being dull fawn. 



Distribution. — Peninsular India, thence extending westward through 

 Baluchistan to the shores of the Persian Gulf In the Book of 

 Antelopes Messrs. Sclater and Thomas remark that, like the lion 

 and the hunting-leopard, this gazelle belongs to an African type, 

 and appears to have been originally a migrant from the west into 

 India, whence it has spread over the greater part of the peninsula. 

 It should, however, be remembered that extinct gazelles and 

 hunting-leopards occur in the north of India. 



Length on Circum- .p; ^^ ^. Locality, 



front curve. lerence. '^ 



-15 5 



144 4i 



-14J 



Rajputana 



Ferozepore District 



Ownei'. 



II. II. Mahaiaj Rana Bahadur of 

 Jhalawar, 



L. INI. le Champion. (.See illus- 

 tration.) 



Captain Harry V. Brooke. 



