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parts and inside of the limbs white; young males are of light fawn colour 

 like the does, but they gradually become darker ; the horns large, black, 

 and spirally twisted and annulated to about an inch from the tip; 

 females have no horns as a rule ; a horned doe was once received and 

 exhibited for some time ; these horns, quite unlike those of the males, 

 were smooth, somewhat flattened and curved backward, and did not 

 exceed 9 inches in length. Light coloured adult males are not 

 uncommon. The tear glands below the inner angle of the eyes are 

 prominent. 



Hab. — Found throughout the plains of India from the foot of the 

 Himalayas to the extreme south of the peninsula, with the exception of 

 the Malabar Coast, the Eastern Grhats, and Lower Bengal. It is also 

 recorded to have been observed at Growhatty and on the banks of the 

 Brahmaputra. Most abundant in the North-West Provinces, the high- 

 land of Central India, and the Deccan. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Specimens lived from 1876 to 1884, and prior to their inclusion in 

 this collection a few years in a private menagerie. 



(191) THE FOUE-HORNED ANTELOPE. 

 (TETRACEROS QUADRICORNIS— (Blainv.) ) 

 Hindi — Chonsingha, 



Description. — About the size of an Indian gazelle ; colour reddish 

 brown; fetlocks marked white like those of the nilgai; hair coarse; males 

 only furnished with horns: in adult animals the upper pair is about 

 3 to 4 inches long, the lower pair much smaller, sometimes quite 

 concealed by the hair ;. the aspect of the forehead is very convex. 



Hab. — Generally distributed throughout the greater part of India, 

 especially abundant in Central Provinces ; not found in Lower Bengal. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About four years. 



(192) THE BUBALINE ANTELOPE. 



(ALCELAFHUS BUBALIS— (Pall.) ) 



Description. — About the size of a nilgai ; head narrow and elongat- 

 ed ; the body falling away behind ; colour uniform bay ; the horns, 

 which are annulated about two-thirds of their length, are directed 

 upward in a lyrate form, and then abruptly turned backward. 



Hab. — North Africa. 



Length of life in captivity. 



A specimen lived from July to December in 1881 ; death being 

 caused by an accident. 



