266 Sir T. S. Raffles 's Descriptive Catalogue 



by a tuft of black hairs. The ears are rather small, and thinly 



covered with hair. Lachrymal furrows as usual. Spurious 



hoofs small and blunt. 



This species is found in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen, and 

 is figured by Mr. Marsden in his History of Sumatra. That 

 drawing, however, must have been taken from a young indivi- 

 dual before the horns had fully formed or begun to branch. 

 Even the burr, which afterwards becomes so conspicuous, ap- 

 pears to have been wanting. 



Of the Rusa ubi, .jj! L^, called also Rusa saput, cuyL L*y 

 and Rusa tunjuk, a specimen has not been procured ; but it is 

 described by the natives to be inferior in size to the Rusa, of a 

 reddish colour, and to have unbranched horns covered with hair 

 to within a short distance of the point. 



None of these species of deer appear to shed their horns 

 yearly like the European ones. The first horn is commonly a 

 small and imperfect one, and falls early. It is replaced by the 

 perfect one, which is permanent, and is never lost unless by ac- 

 cident, when it is not replaced. This is probably the case with 

 all the deer of tropical climates. 



ANTILOPE Sumatrensis Venn. 



Kambikg utax. ,J^ i-ju^ 



Wild Goat of Sumatra. 



The figure of this animal, given in the last edition of Mr. Mars- 

 den's History of Sumatra is very accurate, but does not fully ex- 

 press the character of spirit and vivacity which marks the living 

 subject. I kept one for some months, but found it impossible to 

 tame him ; and he finally died from impatience of confinement. 

 It is a powerful muscular animal. The detailed description in 



Shaw's Gen. ZooL is generally correct. 



BOS. 



