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Description .—Deep chestnut body, darker on the back, paler below. Face 
and limbs brown, a dark line down the inside of each horn pedicle. Chin, 
throat, belly and inside thighs white. Young spotted. Horns drop in May, 
and the new horns are perfect in August. The horns spring from a long 
pedicle. Tongue of extreme length ; it can lick its whole face with it. 
It is solitary, a dainty walker, swift and wonderfully clever at getting 
through jungle, running with head low and stern high. Its call is very loud 
for its size (something like a dog’s bark), and it indulges in it morning and 
evening, uttering it when alarmed or callingits mate. At bay it uses its canine 
teeth and can inflict severe wounds. It often makes a rattling castanet-like 
sound when running ; cause unknown. The flesh is good. 
Measurements .—Average height at shoulder, 23 ins. * average horn 
measurements, ins. (from fur). Males weigh about 40 lbs. 
Record Heads .—The best Indian specimens of which we have particulars 
are those shot by Mr. D. H. Allan, details of which are given below. One of 
9 inches (pedicle 4 ins., horn 5 ins.) was got in the Garo Hills in 1881. There 
is also one of 8f inches credited to Mr. W. H. Wilson. Between band 7£ 
ins. we have records of several, including one by Col. A. E. Ward of !\ 
ins. and the British Museum specimen 6'J ins. The Indian Museum possesses 
a head presented by the late Rajah Raj.en.dra Mu Hick with inch horns, or 
with the pedicle 7f inches. 
