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almost or quite uniformly coloured, without a light rump- 

 patch ; neck maned ; ears large ; face long ; tail short ; bare 

 area of muzzle ascending some distance above nostrils ; face- 

 glands moderate, and not capable of complete eversiou ; 

 metatarsal glands small or wanting ; hind-pasterns as in 

 preceding subgenus ; upper canines small ; upper molars 

 with a small additional column on the inner side ; young 

 usually spotted ; skull relatively narrow, with the auditory 

 bullte on under surface moderately inflated. 



The distributional area includes a large portion of the 

 mainland of south-eastern Asia, together with tlie island of 

 Hainan. 



Tlie species are distinguishaljle as follows : — 



A. Brow-tine of antlers more or less differentiated 



from beam. 



a. Beam of antlers undivided for a consider- 

 able distance above origin of bi'ow-tinc, 

 which is not forked C. (ii.) duvauccli. 



h. Beam of antlers dividing a short distance 

 above origin of brow-tine, which is fre- 

 quently forked C. (B.) schoi)ihuy(jhi. 



B. Brow-tine of antlers continuous with beam... C. {R.) eldi. 



• ^ IX. CERVUS (EUCEEVUS) UUA^AUCELI. 



Cervus duvaucelii,* Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, ed. 3, vol. iv, p. 505, 

 1825 ; /. B. Fisclier, Synop. Mavim. p. 452, 1829 ; Anon, Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. v, p. 240, 1836; Sclater, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. vol. vii, p. 346, 1871 ; Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 905 ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mks. pt. ii, p. 179, 1891 ; 

 Flower and LydeM'er, Study of Mammals, p. 320, 1891 ; Blan- 

 ford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 538, 1891 ; LydcTcTicr, Horns 

 and Hoofs, p. 304, 1893, Deer of All Lands, p. 189, pi. xiv, 1898, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 829, Great and Small Game of India, etc. 

 p. 228, 1900, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 245, 1907 ; Ward, 

 Records of Big Game, ed. 2, p. 13, 1896; Benthani, Asiat. Horns 

 and Antlers Ind. Mns. p. 85, 1908. 



Cervus bahrinja, Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 99. 



Cervus elaphoides, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. iv, 

 p. 648, 1835. 



Cervus (Rucervus) elaphoides, Hodgson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, 

 vol. i, p. 154, 1838. 



Cervus dimorphe, Hodgson, Journ. /..siat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xii, p. 807, 

 1843. 



Axis(?) duvaucellii, Gray, List Mamm. Brit Mus. p. 178, 1843. 



* Yariouslv rendered as duvauccli and duvaucelii. 



