of a Zoological Collection made in Sumatra. 265 



this species was sent to me from Macassar in the island of Cele- 

 bes, and lived some }^ears in my park at Buitenzorg. 



CERVUS Muntjak? Schrcb. 



KlJANG. i_sJ 



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The Kijang is smaller than the other species of deer, being less 

 than four feet in length, and not exceeding two feet in height. 

 The horns are seated on an elevated cylindric base or pedicel 

 covered with skin and hair. The pedicel is about three inches 

 long ; the horn about four, deeply furrowed, with a promi- 

 nent burr at the base, immediately above which it divides into 

 two branches, one short and pointing inwards ; the other erect, 

 and curved inwards and backwards at the point. The pedi- 

 cels are an elongation of the os front is, and their roots are 

 continued forwards above the eyes to the nose, forming two 

 strong prominent ribs on the face. On the forehead between 

 these is a double longitudinal fold of the skin, forming in some 

 sort a middle rib, .much less conspicuous than the lateral 

 ones. The female has no horns, and the ribs of the face 

 are obscure. The male has long canines in the upper jaw 

 resembling tusks, sharp, and curved backwards. In form this 

 deer is remarkably elegant ; the legs are slender and grace- 

 ful ; the body is round, compact, and rather large in propor- 

 tion to the legs. The fur is very fine, close and gloss}^. The 

 colour is a bright bay or reddish brown, lighter below, and 

 mixed with brown on the neck. The inside of the thighs, the 

 region of the pubes, and the under-side of the tail, are of a 

 pure white. The chin and lower jaw is whitish. The muzzle 

 is nearly black, which colour extends along the middle rib, and 

 from thence in a stripe running upwards to the extremity of 

 each pediceL In the female the place of the horns is marked 



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