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the difference between it and the Indian Gazella 

 bennettii is apparent at a glance — the horns being 

 more lyrate with the points turning inwards. 



Nos. 34 and 35.— Pantholops hodgsonii.— 



The Chiru or Tibetan Antelope. 



Habitat. — The open plains of Tibet from Thassa to 

 Ladak. 



This animal is a sort of link between the gazelles 

 and restricted antelopes — lyrate horns, ovine nose and 

 the want of a suborbital sinus connect it with the 

 former, but the females being hornless, and the 

 absence of knee tufts ally it to the latter. They 

 inhabit great elevations from 14 to 18,000 feet. 



In the Chang Chenmo valley they abound and 

 Colonel Kinloch gives the following curious fact : — 

 " Females are rarely found in Chang Chenmo. I 

 have met with herds of sixty or seventy bucks but 

 have only seen one doe to my knowledge during the 

 three times I have visited the valley." 



Nos. 36 to 39.— Antelope bezoartica.— The 



Indian Antelope, 



