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present insufficiently described. Considerable variation 

 obtains in the size of the cheek-teeth. 

 No specimen in collection. 



K.— Cervus unieolop nigricans. 



Cervus nigricans, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 57. 



Ussa nigricans, Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emj^. Chinois, voL ii, pt. 1, 



p. 31, 1888. 

 Cervus steerii, Elliot, Field Mus. Zool. Puh. vol. i, p. 72, 1896, 



p. 157, 1897. 

 Cervus (Rusa) nigricans, Nitsche, Studien iiher Hirsche, p. 32, 1898. 

 Cervus unicolor nigricans, Lydelther, Deer of All Lands, p. 158, 



1898 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 65, 1910, ed. 7, 



p. 65, 1914. 

 Eusa nigi-icans, Hollister, Philippine Journ. Sci. sect. D, vol. vii, 



p. 40, 1912, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xli, p. 889, 1913, 

 Piusa steerei, Hollister, Philippine Journ. Sci. sect. D, vol. vii, p. 40, 



1912. 



Typical locality " an unknown island in the Philippines," 

 ■which is Basilan, the typical locality of Cervus steerii. 



Smaller than C. u. jjhilippinus, the height at the shoulder 

 being about 24 to 26 inches ; general build more slender, 

 with the hind-quarters much higher than the withers ; 

 general colour Idackish lirown, slightly tinged with rufous, 

 becoming almost black on the face, neck, and shoulders ; 

 no moustache-like markings on muzzle ; chin, under-parts, 

 and inner surfaces of thighs varying from dirty white to 

 whitish brown, the white showing most on the front of the 

 thighs ; metatarsal gland generally indistinct ; ears oval, 

 relatively small, and almost naked externally ; antlers 

 moderately stout, somewhat curved forwards, with a short 

 brow-tine, and the hind tine of the terminal fork not much 

 shorter than the front one. Skull much depressed in the 

 nasal region, with the nasal bones in fully adult individuals 

 so expanded as almost or completely to obliterate the 

 lachrymal vacuities. Basal length of skull in a Basilan 

 specimen S^ inches ; length of antlers on outer curve 

 13^ inches. 



This race was named on the evidence of the under- 

 mentioned skull and skin of a female from an unknown 

 island in the Philippines, in which the lower portions of the 

 legs are perhaps rather lighter than in other examples, and 



