The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . colour of the tufts of hair covering the metatarsalglands is decidedly lighter than that of the rest of the leg. Antlersmeasuring 21 and 2oi inches in length have been recorded, the longerpair having a basal girth of t.^ inches. Unlike the sambar, which is essentially a dweller in hill-forest,the para is an inhabitant of river-flats, in which it prefers tracts wherethe grass is of moderate height ; but it is occasionally found in forest. The Hog-Deer 219 In India itself the species seems indeed to be restricted to the plainsof the Indus and G
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . colour of the tufts of hair covering the metatarsalglands is decidedly lighter than that of the rest of the leg. Antlersmeasuring 21 and 2oi inches in length have been recorded, the longerpair having a basal girth of t.^ inches. Unlike the sambar, which is essentially a dweller in hill-forest,the para is an inhabitant of river-flats, in which it prefers tracts wherethe grass is of moderate height ; but it is occasionally found in forest. The Hog-Deer 219 In India itself the species seems indeed to be restricted to the plainsof the Indus and Ganges valley, its reported occurrence in the peninsulaproper being unconfirmed. On this vast plain its range extends fromSind and the Punjab, through Assam and Sylhet, into Burma, itssouthern limit on this side of the Bay of Bengal being apparentlyTenasserim. Its occurrence in Ceylon is due to importation by man. Hog-deer live mainly by grazing, and are therefore admirably suitedfor turning out in parks, on account of not doing any damage to trees. Fig. 42.—Hog-Deer Stag in suiiiiiur Jic^n. KDuchess of Bedford. photograph by the and foliage. Numbers have been turned out by the Marquis dHerveyat St. Denys, and by Monsieur Pays Mellier at Pataudiere ; and thespecies thrives well in the Duke of Bedfords park at Woburn. The para is to a considerable extent a nocturnal animal, and since itdwells among grass which is generally of sufficient height to conceal itsbody, it is easy to see why it retains the relatively large ears of its relativethe sambar. Unlike the latter, it is, however, an extremely unsociablespecies, never collecting in herds, and generally found solitary, except inthe pairing-season, when two or three individuals go about together. The 220 Great and Small Game of India, etc. antlers are generally shed in April, the pairing-season takes place inSeptember or October, and the fawns make their appearance in thefollowing May or June. Hog-deer are somewhat ugly movers,
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