■1-36 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE A.VD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Fumily Cervidse. 



Horns deciiluous, and in all species (except the reindeer), confined to the males. 

 End of muzzle nude and moist. Lacrymal pits present. Metatarsal glands on the 

 hind legs, and sometimes feet pits in front or hind limbs. No gall-bladder. 



E.USA, Hamilton Smith. 



Horns with one basal and one upper tino. No feet pits. 



R. AursTOTELis, Cuv. 



The Sambhur deer. Tsat. 



This deer is commonly ditfused througli Tiuniia, but does not, according to Blyth, 

 attain the same size or sueli fine horns as iu llindostan. 

 munts of some Indian llusa horns for comparison. 



Length along outside cui-ve . 

 Length of brow antler. 

 Circumference at " burr" . 



,, below brow antler. 



,, above do. do. . 



Spread between tips . 



HlELAPHUS. 



H. poEciNrs, Zimm. 

 The hog deer. Dareh. 



The homs of this species resemble those of a young spotted deer {Axis macitlatus), 

 with basal and upper tines very small. Ecgarding its distribution Blyth remarks : — 



" The Drai, or Hog Deer, is very abundant. Mason observes, however, that this 

 species seems to be confined to the plains. 'It abounds,' he states, 'north and east 

 of Maulmain, and on the large islands south of Tavoy ; but it is not found north of 

 the station, nor eastward among the hills, nor iu the valley of the Tenasserim, but is 

 found again on the plains of the Sitang.' Some individuals (especially does) are 

 more or less distinctly ' menilled ' or spotted when in their summer coat, which has 

 given rise to reports of the Indian Spotted Deer {Axis maculatus) having been observed 

 in Burma." 



They are very abundant near Rangoon, where a dozen or more may be seen in the 

 market after a successful hunt in the rains. Mason says, " They are often hunted by 

 persons in companies after dark, who go into the plains where they are found, beating 

 tin kettles and ringing bells and gongs, which is said to bring the animals to a stand 

 with astonishment, so that the huntsman can walk up and shoot them at his con- 

 venience." I have heard a somewhat different account of this method, which is 

 undoubtedly practised. A dark night is selected, and two or more hunters start otf 

 to the spot deer are known to be in. One is armed with a sharp heavy knife or gun ; 

 the other carries a light on his head, and gently tinkles a bell. The deer are attracted 

 by the sound of the bell, and advance up to the light, on which their every faculty is 

 (;oncentratcd (probably not seeing the man who carries it), and so allow the con- 

 federate to creep up and hamstring several before the rest take alarm and disperse. 

 Occasionally the hunters come across a tiger, who acts precisely as the deer do, and 

 this brings the night's sport to a close, as the hunters extinguish their light and 

 retreat as tliey best can. 



Panolia. 



P. Eldi, Guthrie. 



T'hammc or Thamen of the Burmans. Sungrai, in Munipur. 



Inhabits Munipur, and thence to Pegu and Tenasserim, Mergui, Keddah, etc. 

 The following particulars of this species are extracted from a paper by Capt. 

 II. C, Beavan, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for 1867 (p. 17o), 



