676 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVIII. 



No. VI. -A LARGE SAMBHAR HEAD. 

 (MALAY VARIETY). 



With reference to Mr. Hauxwell's note in the Society's Journal, page 188 of 

 this volume, there is a Sambhar head (Malayan type) in the Mess, which 

 measures as follows : — 



Our game record book records that it was shot "by Havildar Kalu Gurung" 

 of this Regiment at " No. Ill Post N. Chin Hills in 1893." 



The above photo will show that, although the excessive thickness at the 



junction of the branches of beams (vide Mr. Hauxwell's specimen) is not a 



feature of the trophy I describe, yet its length combined with its great girth 



would seem to make it a record head for the Malayan type and we shall be 



glad to know if this is so. 



CHAS. R. PEARCE, Major, i.m.s., 



10th Gurkhas. 

 Maymyo, U. Burma, 14th March 1908. 

 [According to Burke's "Indian Field Shikar Book" (3rd Edition), the record length 

 for the Malay variety of the Sambhur is 33£ inches, so that the head above referred to is a 

 record.— Eds.] 



