i O CERVTD J!. 



" As regards the affinities of this species, it is unquestionably 

 nearly allied to the Oervus equinus of Sumatra and Borneo (of 

 Miiller, Verhaud. Zool. p. 212, tab. 42) ; and I do not pretend to 

 be able to point out the diifereuces between those two Deer, as we 

 have never had adult specimens of the latter. But the Eormosan 

 form of llusa is certainly, in my opinion, quite distinct from the true 

 Sambur of continental India (C. aristotelis), which Mr. Blyth now 

 seeks to unite with C. equinus. The true Sambur is a larger and 

 more lightly and uniformly coloured animal, and attains much 

 larger and better-developed horns than C. Sivinhon, which is further 

 remarkable for the rufous colour of its hinder quarters and its 

 black and very thick and bushy tail." — Sclater. 



6. Rusa mariannus. B.M. 



Cervus mariannus, Desm. Blamni. 1820, p. 43G ; Ctiv. Oss. Foss. 1825, 

 iv. p. 45, pi. 5. figs. 30, 37, 38, 46 ; J£. Smith, Grif. Anim. Kinq. 

 1827, iv. p. 115; Sundevall, Pecnra, p. 57; Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, 

 p. 232 ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 369 (fig. horns) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 279. 



Cerf des lies Mariannes, Quoi/ ^- Gaim. Voy. de V Uranie, Zoologie, 

 1824, p. 33. 



Rusa philippinus and var., Gray, Cat. Unyul. Tp. 211. 



Cervus philippinus, Pucheran, Arch, dii 31us. 1847, vii. p. 49. 



Hah. Philippine Islands ; ManUla (Cuminr/). Common, natu- 

 ralized in island of Guan {Quoy). 



Fur, or hair, and tail like the Sambur ; shorter and more bushy 

 than the tail of Axis. 



Horns short, thick, largely granular, the upper snag on the inner 

 part of the hinder side. 



a. SkuU — -length 10|- inches ; width at orbits 4|^ inches ; nose-hole 

 short. A second skull with thicker horns — length 11| inches, 

 width at orbits 4i inches. 



" The Busine form of Deer of the Philippines was still very im- 

 perfectly known. The present animal was of small size, about 

 equalling that of the Hog-deer (0. porcinus), but more slender in 

 form. It was very dark in colour, being of a nearly uniform dark 

 brown ; the ears short and rather rounded, apparently naked on the 

 outside. Round the eye was a pale mark ; the tail beneath and in- 

 side of thighs were white ; and the white metatarsal gland-patches 

 were very prominent." — Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 279. 



7. Rusa Peroiiii. (The Smaller Rusa.) B.M. 



Brown ; belly reddish, paler ; inside of hind legs and buttocks 

 white. TaU rather elongate. Hair of head and neck short. 



Rusa Peronii, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 211. 



Cervus (Rusa) timorensis, Midler, Verh. t. 45. f. ; Sclater, List Vert. 

 Atiim. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 48. 



Hah. Timor ; Lomboc ; Ternate. 



