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in their habits. They are seldom to be seen out feeding, but usually jump 
up at the feet of the hunter and bound away at a great pace. Ihave observed 
that they generally make their appearance when least expected, and I do not 
recollect ever meeting with one among the Sewaliks when I have been actually 
hunting for them.” . 
In 1847 Hodgson, the well-known naturalist of Nepal, in a paper published 
in the ‘Calcutta Journal of Natural History,’ went even further than 
Sir Walter Elliot and proposed to make five species of this Antelope. 
These species appear to have been founded upon individual variations only 
and have not met with acceptance in any quarter. 
Referring to Mr. W. L. Sclater’s ‘ Catalogue of the Specimens of Mammals 
in the Indian Museum, Calcutta’ (part ii., 1891), we find a good series of 
specimens of the Four-horned Antelope registered as being preserved in that 
Institution. But only one species is recognized from all parts of India, and 
the specimens are all entered under Tetraceros quadricornis. 
In his excellent ‘Manual of the Mammals of British India’ Dr. W. T. 
Blanford describes the range of this Antelope as follows :—‘‘ The Four-horned 
Antelope is found all along the base of the Himalayas from the Punjab to 
Nepal. It also occurs in most parts of the Peninsula where the country is 
wooded and hilly, but not in dense jungle, but is not found in the Gangetic 
plain nor on the Malabar coast in the Madras Presidency. It is said by 
Mr. Murray to be met with in Sind. It is common in the wooded parts of 
Rajputana, throughout the Bombay Presidency, the Central Provinces, and 
the northern parts of Madras; it is less abundant to the eastward in Chhat- 
tisgarh, Chutia Nagpur, Bengal, and Orissa, and to the southward in Mysore, 
but it occurs in the latter State occasionally, and has been observed on the 
Nilgiri and Palni hills. It is unknown in Ceylon and east of the Bay of 
Bengal.” 
The experienced sportsman Mr. J. D. Inverarity of Bombay writes of this 
species as follows :—‘ This is a forest-antelope, living entirely in the jungle. 
It is not gregarious, but is met with either alone or in pairs. The female 
brings forth one or two young, and occasionally the two old and two young 
ones may be seen together. Though not forming a special object of pursuit, 
a shot at the ‘ Baikrie,’ as it is generally called on the Bombay side of India, 
is often got when out stalking other game. If you see one before it sees you 
it is fairly easy to stalk it; but it more often happens that they see you first, 
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