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vicinity of this village. But as the skin was in a very bad 

 condition — the legs had been cut off and the antiers were 

 broken, all done for making some sort of medicine — it 

 could be of no use but for identification. 



The Siamese Thamins are of a much redder colour 

 sprinkled with yellowish spöts than typical Cervus eldi. The 

 main termination of the antler is much flattened and supplied 

 with a considerable number of small snags on the hinder 

 edge. In addition to the snags on the summit, they have 

 many small points near the junction of the short brow-tine 

 with the beam which all are characteristics to Cervus eldi 

 platyceros. 



41. Cervus scliomburgki Blyth. — The distributional 

 area of this fine deer extends from Siarn through Burma and 

 the adjoining parts of the French Laos countries and perhaps 

 Cambodia, but it seems, however, to be most abundant in 

 the inland districts east of the Menam river and its tribu- 

 taries. 



According to my friend Doctor Högbom, who chiefly 

 explored the Northern parts of Siarn during his journey 

 1911—1912, these deer were not uncommon on several of 

 the great, swampy grass plains which surround the town of 

 Chieng Rai at the northern boundary of Siarn, but like myself 

 he also failed to get a specimen though he made several 

 ef forts. # 



When I was staying at Bangkok I obtained a skull with 

 rather fine horns from a Laos hunter just arrived from the 

 neighbourhood of Chieng Rai. 



The great swamps which cover such a large area of 

 Central Siarn and are of a similar appearance as the sur- 

 roundings of Chieng Rai were only inhabited by Thamins 

 (Cervus eldi platyceros Lydekker), and all the natives I ques- 

 tioned had no knowledge whatever about the »Quan-an» which 

 is the Siamese name for Schomburgk's deer. Therefore it 

 only seems to inhabit the northern parts of the country 

 never extending very far to the south. 



42. Cervulus muntjac curvostylis Gray. — The munt- 

 jacs found by me in Siarn all belong to the race which has been 

 described by Gray under the name of Cervulus muntjac 

 curvostylis. 



