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Catalogue of Mammalia 



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cince in the month of August. It had white spots in front of the fetlocks 

 of all the four legs, and a little white likewise on the chin, upper throat, 

 inside of arm-pits and thighs, and under the tail, but none on the lower 

 part of the throat or on the belly. It used to lick its face with its tongue, 

 which was remarkably long and extensible, reaching back over the eyes 

 and the whole face, and frequently uttered a short, small cry, sharper 

 than that of a kid. 



It obtains its Canarese name from its habit of frequenting the Kans, 

 or natural forest gardens. 



54. — Jntilope Cervicapra f Pallas. 



Alali, of the Baoris,* the Buck. 

 Gundoli, ditto the Doe. 



Frequents the black plains, in herds of sometimes 20 or 30 ,each, of 

 which has only one buck of mature age, the others being young ones. 

 The buck of the herd always drives off the others, as soon as they begin 

 to turn black, in the course of which desperate combats ensue, by which 

 their horns are often broken. 



The horns of the male in the Southern Mahratta Country seldom ex- 

 ceed 19 or 20 inches. The longest I have seen of a great number of 

 specimens is 22 inches, with 4 flexures in the spiral twist ; but I have 

 seen a pair of horns from Hyderabad, 24 inches long,with 5 flexures and 

 50 rings or annuli ; and another pair from Kattewar which were 25 

 inches. 



The rutting season commences about February, or March ; but fawns 

 are seen of all ages, at every season. During the spring months the 



* The Baorees or hum shikarees, called also Aravi-CJdnchers, are a singular nomade 

 tribe, who live entirely by capturing antilope by means of springes, in which they are 

 vt-ry successful. They also catch the Chita {Felti Jubata) for the Meer Shikaries. They 

 wear a dress of a sort of brown coloured cloth peculiar to themselves, and speak a dialect 

 •f Hindu with a very singular intonation. 



Kalweet 



Phun&aijat 



Chigri 

 Mriga 



Hum 



Hurneen 



