Zoological Society. 419 



t. 198, called Gyana. — Pseudocervus Wallichii, Hodgson, Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 914, xi. 284. — Wervus Caspianus or Hangool, 

 Falconer, MSS. ; Gray, Cat. Osteol. Sp. B. M. 147 .—'I Cervus Cash- 

 meriensis, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Sp. B. M. 65. — Kashmir Stagi, Blyth, 

 P. Z. S. 1840, 72 ; Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 750. t. . f. 8, 9. 

 — Persian Deer, Maral or Gevezu or Gookoohee, MacNeil, P. Z. S. 

 1840, 1 1 ; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 750. t. . f. 10. 



Inhabits Cachir {Hodgson) ; Persia (MacNeil). 



The skull of Dr. Falconer's Cashmere Stag is 15 inches long ; the 

 suborbital pit is oblong, triangular, and rather deep. The skull and 

 horns are very like Mr. Hodgson's specimen of Cervus ajffinisj but 

 they are considerably smaller. 



Sir John MacNeil informs us they are called by the Persians 

 Maral, or Gevezu, or Gookoohee, and are frequently noticed in their 

 literature. It is found in all the wooded mountain districts of Persia, 

 but apparently does not occur in the central parts of the country. 

 They rarely descend into the plains. During the summer they are 

 found in the highest wooded parts of the mountains, and during the 

 winter in the lower ravines, near their bases, where they are frequently 

 tracked in the snow. The horns of the adult males closely resemble 

 those of the Red Deer of this country; insomuch that I doubt whether 

 an unscientific observer could distinguish them, except by the supe- 

 rior size of those of the Maral.— P. Z. S. 1840, 11. 



5. Cervus affinis. The Saul Forest Stag. 



Pale brown; rump without any distinct pale mark?; skull 16 or 17 

 inches long ; suborbital pit large, oblong, trigonal, rather deep. 



Cervus affinis (Moot Baratingha, or Royal Stag of the Morung), 

 Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. n. 197; Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 

 741, 914; Calcutta Journ. N. H. iv. 291 ; Sundev. Pecora, 131 ; 

 Gray, Cat. Ost. Sp. B. M. Qa ; Knowsley Menag. 60. — C. Elaphus, 

 Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, iv. 648. — C. Wallichii, part. 

 Gray, Cat. Hodgson's Coll. in B.M. 32.— C. Wallichii, var. Blyth, 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 747. 



Inhabits India ; Saul Forest. 



Mr. Hodgson, in his figure of this animal, does not represent any 

 pale spot on the rump : if this is correct, it must be a most distinct 

 species, as Dr. Falconer informs me the Cashmere Stag has a large 

 white rump. 



6. Cervus Sika. The Sika. 



Dark brown ; cheeks and throat rather paler ; rump brown, without 

 any pale spot ; tail pale, white beneath ; hair harsh ; horns rather 

 slender, with a basal and medial snag, and a subapical internal one. 



Cervus Sika, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. t. 17; Sundev. Pecora, 55, 

 131; Gray, Knows. Menag. 60. — C. Sitza, Temm. Mus. Leyden. 



Inhabits Japan. Mus. Leyden. 



4. Dama, H. Smith ; Platyceros. 



Horns, upper part expanded, smooth, and branched on the hinder 

 edge ; tail rather elongated ; tear-bag well developed ; hoofs narrow. 



