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with short black hairs, and the end tufted with the same. Legs cov- 

 ered with short black hairs. Ears not tufted. Hoofs narrow, black 

 and pointed. The head is very long and narrow, with the nasal por- 

 tion greatly elongated. This species is given in Messrs. Uean and 

 Worcester's list. 



Cervulus muntjac Zimm. 



A male and female from Borneo, the face of the male being very 

 dark, in fact, black, probably only an individual variation. 



Cervus — ? Plates VI. VII. 



A number of specimens of a small brown deer, adults of both 

 sexes as well as immature individuals from the island of Culion. As 

 there does not appear to be a description of this species in any 

 European publication, I give one of the skin and skull. 



General Characters. Hair rather coarse and stiff, longest and 

 most coarse on the flanks. Body rather stout, legs slender, hind ones 

 longest. Ears rather long, slightly rounded at tip. Head slender, 

 nose rather long and pointed. Hoofs narrow and pointed. Ears 

 hair}', the hairs on inside long and thick. 



Adult Male. Nose and sides of face in front and around eyes 

 pale yellowish-brown. Forehead mummy-brown, hairs tipped with 

 yellowish-brown. Horn pedicles ochraceous. Back of neck, back 

 and sides mummy-brown, the hairs being whitish at base, then a ring 

 of ochraceous, and tip black, sometimes the tip is ochraceous. The 

 general hue of the body then is mummy-brown with a shade over all 

 of ochraceous. From between the shoulders to root of tail is a black 

 dorsal stripe of about an inch in width. End of under lip yellowish- 

 white, surrounded by a band of pale brown, and space between 

 jaws beneath yellowish-white. Ears mars-brown, hairs tipped with 

 ochraceous. Front of neck pale yellowish-brown like sides of face. 

 Chest, shoulder, under parts, except bell}' and outside of thighs, 

 purplish-brown, with many long white hairs intermingled with those 

 of the other color. Belly and inside of thighs white. Forelegs 

 blackish-brown, inclining to ferrugineous behind. Hind legs blackish- 

 brown with along narrow whitish stripe in front of the knees. Hoofs 

 black. Horns in the velvet, whitish-brown. End of nose and center 

 of upper lip naked, jet black. Tail rather bushy, mummy-brown 

 above, white beneath. 



Adult Females. General color throughout pale yellowish-brown, 

 darkest in the center of the back and top of head. Fore legs prout's 

 brown on the outside, inside russet. Hind legs russet; stripe in front 

 of knee dark buff. Center of belly yellowish-white. Tail bushy, 



