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MALE SIBERIAN 



A i-ery large species of roebuck, ivith more rugged an:'ers than the 

 European roe 



The Sw AMP-DEl k, the true Barasingh of 

 India, as distinguished from the Kashmir 

 stag, which is often loosely called Barasingh, 

 is a plain-loving species, found in various 

 parts of India, and characterised by hand- 

 some antlers, bearing as many as from 10 to 

 16 points. This is a big, heavy deer, stand- 

 ing nearly 4 feet at the withers, and weigh- 

 ing as much as 560 lbs. The summer coat 

 is light rufous, nunc or less spotted with 

 white. The winter coat is yellowish brown. 

 A near relative to this deer is S< H< iMBURGK's 

 1 >i 1 R, found iii Northern Siam. The antlers 

 of this stag arc most curiously forked and 

 bifurcated. 



The T11 UIIN, or Eld's Deer, sometimes 

 called the Brow-antlered Deer, is another 

 plains-deer, found chiefly from Manipur, 

 through Burma, to the Malay Peninsula. 

 It is a good-sized species, standing about 

 3 feet 9 inches at the shoulder, and weighing 

 as much as 240 lbs. The huge antlers are 

 simple in type, the brow-tines curving down 

 curiously over the forehead; the tail is 

 sharp, and the neck provided with a mane, the young being spotted. A Siamese race of Eld's 

 deer, found in Siam and Hainan, differs somewhat from the Burmese type. 



The Muntjacs 



The Muntjacs, or Barking-deeRj are a 



group of small deer found in India, Burma, 

 and the Malay region. The Indian MUNTJAC 

 stands about 2 feet in height, and weighs 

 some 28 lbs. The antlers, which average 5 

 or 6 inches in length, bear two points — 

 brow-tine and beam ; the lower portions, or 

 pedicles, are curiously covered with hair, and 

 the front of the face is ribbed or ridged in 

 V fashion. The general colour is a golden 

 bay, the face and limbs brown, and the lower 

 parts white. The buck has sharp tusks in 

 the tipper jaw, and, at a pinch, knows how to 

 make use of them. A shy, stealthy little 

 creature, the muntjac loves dense cover, and 

 the sportsman usually obtains but a quick 

 snapshot at this active and wary little deer 

 as it flashes across him much as does a bolting 

 rabbit scuttling across a narrow drive. Local 

 Indian names for the barking-deer are Jungle- 

 sheep, Red Hog-deer, and Rib-faced Deer. 

 < Hher muntjacs, varying somewhat from the 

 Indian form, are the HAIRY-FRONTED, the 

 TENASSERIM, the TIBETAN, and the CHINESE 



Muntjacs. 



FEMALE SIBERIAN ROE 



The absence of a tail, characteristic of all roes, is •well sh tun 



