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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 55

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nowusually included among the tragelaphine groupsof antelopes, is a large and somewhat odd-looking beast, found in level country varied bybush and light jungle, in many parts of India.As beasts of chase Nilgai are not looked uponwith much favour; they can be pretty easilyshot, and natives in many… … Blackbuck.Ht. at shoulder^ 32 in. Av. hor. ttteas. 22 i«. Alajc. horn tneas. 40^ in. and ox-like, and the best recorded measurementis <)\ inches. The Four-horned Antelope, orCharsingha {Tetraceros quadncornis), is foundsparingly in many parts of India in bush, jungle,and grassy covert. It is a…

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