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THE CHICKARA. 
Telracerus chickara Leach. 
PLATE XXXI. 
Antilope chickara, Ilardwicke, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 
— S‘.>0 — Tetraeerus chickara, Major Smith, Griffith's Cu- 
vier, iv. p. 254. 
This animal is about twenty inches and a half in 
height at the shoulder, and about thirty-three inches 
ill length, The horns are black and perfectly smooth, 
and about three inches in length ; in front of these 
the true horns, between the eyes, arise other two 
liorns, about three quarters of an inch in length, and 
an inch and a half in circumference at the base, thence 
suddenly tapering to a point. The general colour of 
the animal is ati uniform bright bay ; on all the upper 
p.arts, and on the chin, the under line of the neck, 
the abdomen, the inner sides of the thighs, and under 
the tail, are inclined to white, more or less mixed with 
sandy coloured hairs. The female is lighter, and 
without horns. 
These animals were kept in confinement by Ge- 
neral Hardwicke, and produced young in his posses- 
sion, two at a birth, a male and female. 
The male, in the rutting season, becomes exceed- 
