OF INDIAN BIG GAME 27 



THE NILGAI. 



BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS. 



Antilope tragocamelus, Pallas, Misc. Zool. p. 5, 1766, Spicilegia 

 Zoologica, faso. i, p. 9, 1767, fasc. xii, p. 13, 1777. 



Antilope picta, Pallas, Spic. Zool. fasc. xii, p. 14, 1777. 



Portax tragocamelus, Oray, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1850, p. 146, Cat. 

 Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 141, 1852. 



Boselaphus tragocamelus, Sclater, List. Anim. Zool. Gardens, ed. 8, 

 p. 137, 1883; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. 

 Surgeons, pt. ii, p. 260, 1884; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, 

 Mamm. p. 517, 1891 ; Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, 

 vol. iv, p. 93, 1900; Lydehker, Game Animals of India, etc. 

 p. 164, 1907 ; Wa/rd, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 303, 1910. 



58.— 12. 31. 10. 15. Skull and horns. Oudb. In this 

 specimen, which stands No. 10 in Mr. Ward's list, the horns 

 measure 9 inches in length by 6| in girth, with a tip-to-tip 

 interval of 3^ inches. The record length is 10 inches. 



59.— 12. 31. 10. 16. Skull and horns. Oude. 



THE CHOUSINGHA, OR FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE. 



Teteaceros quadeicobnis. 



Cerophorus (Cervicapra) quadricomis, Bladnville, Bull. Soc. Philom. 



1816, pp. 75, 78. 

 Antilope quadricornis, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. ser. 2, 



vol. ii, p. 193, 1816. 

 Antilope (Tetraceros) quadricornis, Hainilton Smith, in Griffiths' 



Anim. King. vol. iv, p. 256, vol. v, p. 845, 1827. 

 Tetraceros quadricornis, Gray, List Mamm,. Brit. Mus. p. 159, 1843, 



Cat. Hodgson Coll. p. 26, 1846 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, 



Mamm. p. 519, 1891 ; Sclater ajid Thomas, Book of Antelopes, 



vol. i, p. 215, 1895 ; Lydekker, Game Anim,als of India, etc. 



p. 171, 1907 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 302, 1910; 



Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 921. 



It is doubtful if the two-horned form known as T. q. sub- 

 quadricornutus really indicates a distinct race. Although 

 formerly classed next to the African duikerboks {Gephalo'phus), 

 the chousingha is now regarded as a near relative of the 

 nilgai. 



60-62.— 12. 10. 31. 94-96. Three skulls, with horns. 

 Localities unknown. 



