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of the tail, and a ring above and below each fetlock, are white. Height 

 at shoulder from 4 feet 4 inches to 4 feet 8 inches. Mr. A. O. Hume 

 shot a specimen in the Aligurh district in 1855 whose horns measured 

 ii£ alon'g the front curve, and had a circumference of 9.5. They 

 were unfortunately destroyed in the Mutiny. 



Distribution. — The peninsula of India, from the foot of the Himalaya 

 to the south of Mysore ; common in parts of the Eastern Punjab, 

 the North-West Provinces, Guzerat, and the Central Provinces. 



