It is a curious fact that 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 that I visited the valley."

_GENUS ANTELOPE_ (_restricted_).

Horns in the male only; abnormal cases of horned females are on record,
but they only prove the rule. No muffle; sub-orbital sinus moderate,
somewhat linear; no canines; groin-pits large; feet-pits present.
In the skull the sub-orbital fossa is large.

NO. 461. ANTELOPE BEZOARTICA.
_The Indian Antelope_ (_Jerdon's No. 228_).

NATIVE NAMES.--_Mrig_ or _Mirga_, Sanscrit; _Harna_, _Hirun_,
_Harin_ (male) and _Hirni_ (female), Hindi; also _Kalwit_, Hindi,
according to Jerdon; _Goria_ (female) and _Kala_ (male), in Tirhoot;
_Kalsar_ (male) and _Baoti_ (female), in Behar; _Bureta_, in
Bhagulpore; _Barout_ and _Sasin_, in Nepal; _Phandayet_, Mahrathi
(_Jerdon_). _Hiru_ and _Bamuni-hiru_, Mahrathi; _Chigri_, Canarese;
_Irri_ (male), _Sedi_ (female), and _Jinka_, Telegu; _Alali_ (male)
and _Gandoli_ (female), of Baoris.

HABITAT.--In open plain country throughout India except in Lower
Bengal and Malabar. In the Punjab it does not cross the Indus. Dr.
Jerdon says: "I have seen larger herds in the neighbourhood of Jalna
in the Deccan than anywhere else--occasionally some thousands
together, with black bucks in proportion. Now and then, Dr. Scott
informs me, they have been observed in the Government cattle-farm
at Hissar in herds calculated at 8000 to 10,000." I must say I have
never seen anything like this, although in the North-west, between
Aligarh and Delhi, I have noticed very large herds; in the Central
provinces thirty to forty make a fair average herd, though smaller
ones are more common. These small parties generally consist of does,
and perhaps two or three young sandy bucks lorded over by one old
black buck, who will not allow any other of his colour to approach
without the ordeal of battle. I have lately heard of them in Assam,
but forget the precise locality.

[Illustration: _Antelope bezoartica_.]

DESCRIPTION.--Form supple and elegant, with graceful curves; the
neck held up proudly; the head adorned with long, spiral, and closely
annulated horns, close at the base, but diverging at the tips in a
V form. In very large specimens there are five flexures in the horn,
but generally four. They are perfectly round, and taper gradually
to the tips, which are smooth; th