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CERVIDJE. 



striped and spotted at all seasons. Face elongate, narrow. Ears 

 large, rather elongate and acute. 



Axis, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 212, t. 31. f. 3, 4, t. 34. f. 1. 



1. Axis maculata. (The Axis or Chittra.) B.M. 



Horns elongate, slightly nodulous ; the basal snag arched ; the 

 central snag short, on the inner hinder edge of the elongated beam. 

 (Cuv. Oss. Foss. iv. t. 5. f. 24-28 & 29 ?) 



Axis maculata, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 212. 



Cervus porciuus, Schrcber, t. from Biiffon, Suppl. iii. t. 28. 



Hab. India, plains ; Ceylon. 



2. Axis Alfredi. 



" General shape and appearance that of a small Cervus axis, but of 

 a nearly uniform dark chocolate-brown colour, darker round the 

 breast ; whole sides of the body ornamented with about six rows of 

 not very distinctly marked pale yellowish spots ; dorsal line and 

 upper surface of tail not spotted ; belly and under surface of limbs 

 and throat pale yellowish brown, or fawn-colour. Head pale brown, 

 darker between the horns ; outer surface of ears black, sparingly 

 covered with hair ; inner surface of ears rather thickly covered with 

 whitish hairs ; orbital sinus large and well developed, and surrounded 

 with blackish hairs. Ears short and small. Muffle naked, wide, 

 and very moist. Chin and upper part of thi'oat pale yellowish 

 white. Gland on metatarsus indicated by a small spot. Height 

 2 feet 6 inches ; length of ear, from opening to tip, 3j inches ; 

 length of tail 3| inches." — Sdater. 



Cervus Alfi-edi, Sdater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 381, t. 28, 1871, p. 237, f. 3. 



Hah. Philippine Islands ; Malayan peninsula, or adjoining 

 islands (?). 



" This animal is most nearly allied to Cerims cLvis, but is at once 

 distinguished by its smaller size, smaller ears, and general colour, 

 which is of a dark chocolate. Under these circumstances I propose 

 to confer upon it a temporary specific name, and to call it after His 

 Eoyal Highness who has sent it home." — Sdater. 



Eur and tail like Axis, but tail rather shorter. Horns about 5 

 inches long, with a small subapical posterior snag. 



HI. Roes. — Antlers icithout any anterior basal snag, the first branch being 

 considerably above the burr. Muffle broad and naked. Gland covered 

 with a tuft of hair on the upper older part of the metatarstis. — Capre- 

 oline Deer, Section A, Gray, Cat. Ungid. B. M. p. 221. 



9. CAPREOLUS. 



Tail none ; anal disk distinct. Antlers nearly erect ; basal snag 

 none ; median and upper snags anterior, making the horn repeatedly 

 furcate. Crumen indistinct. Gland and tuft of hair above the middle 



