MAMMAL /A. 459 



C. AUREUS, H. Smith. 

 The Barking deer. Gyi. 



Colour bright rufous bay. Inside limbs, pubic region, and tail white. Facial 

 creases dark brown. Mason remarks of this species as follows : 



"The barking deer is more abundant and more universally diffused than any 

 other species. It is very appropriately named ; for its cry, which is constantly heard 

 in the jungles after nightfall, is very like the barking of a dog. It uses its horns 

 with great etfect when brought to bay, and, according to Karen fable, the tiger will 

 not attack it. In ancient times, the story goes, when all animals had the power of 

 speech, the tiger said to the barking deer, ' Oh barking deer, what is the use of thj' 

 Lorn ? It seems to me they would be in my way.' The barking deer answered, 

 ' A single push of my horns will make the eye of my antagonist start from its 

 socket.' On hearing this, the tiger was afraid, and never after attempted to devour 

 the barking deer." 



Family Capridse. 

 NEMORn.i;DUS, Ham. Smith. 

 N. buhauxa, Hodgson. 



Colour grizzled black, clay coloured on the flanks. A black dorsal stiipo. Fore- 

 arms and thighs anteriorly reddish-brown, the rest of the limbs lioary. Below 

 whitish. 



Length 5 feet or more. "Weight 200 lbs. 



"Western Yunan, at elevations of 6000 to 7000. 



N. MiLNE-Ei)WARDsrr, David. 



This species, writes Anderson, "is distinguished from JW liilalina by the uniform 

 brownish-black colour of the upper parts, which tends to ferruginous on the thiglis, 

 and b}' the red colour of the lower parts of the legs, which are grey in N. bubalina." 



The hill ranges of Western Yuuan. 



N. KUBiDA, Blyth. 



Tor-tsaik. 



A female shot on the grass and bamboo-covered slopes of Zwagaben, near 

 Sraulmain, is thus described by Beavan (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1806, p. 4): "The 

 auinial was full grown, but had not had young, and was of a thick set ' porcine ' 

 build. Lacrymal sinus small, slightly developed. General colour black, with 

 a tinge of hoary. Inside of ears white, with black tips and edges. Belly and 

 tibiae rufous. Throat rufous, white-tipped. Intradigital pores ap])arently absent. 

 False hoofs of fore and hind legs If inch. Iridcs dark brown. Teats four. Buttocks 

 rufous and white. Said by Karens to have ouly one young one at a time." 



feet inches 



Length, from tip of nose to tip of tail . . .46 



Tail, including end tuft of hair .... 7 



Height at shoulder 2 IQi 



Girth behind forearm . . . . . . 2 10 



Ear, length of . 8J 



Horns, along the curve ...... 6 



Length of hoof ....... 1 J 



Extreme stretch ....... 4 



Mane, stiff black bristles, erect .... 6 



This species appears to be distributed from Arakan through I'egu to the 

 extremity of the Malayan Peninsula, and to occur in Siam and Formosa, and also 

 in Sumatra. Blyth observes : — 



" This species varies much in colour, from red to black, and the black sometimes 

 with a white nape, or the hairs of the nape may be white at the base only. Two 

 fiat skins from Arakan arc of a pale red-brown colour ; with black dorsal list, and 



