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Cervus darna. — The Fallow-Deer. 
Plate XXX. fig. 3. 
Fur deep grayish-brown, with white spots; whitish below ; 
horns round, and found in the male only; with two antlers; 
summits palmated, and deeply indented above and below; tail 
long. Inhabits Europe and Western Asia. 
Sub- Genus 4. — Elaphus. — Horns round ; three antlers 
turned to the front; summit terminating in a fork or in snags 
from a common centre ; having a suborbital sinus ; canines in 
the males; and with a muzzle. 
Cervus elaphus. — The Stag. 
Plate XXX. fig. 1. 
Fur reddish-brown in summer, and brownish-gray in winter ; 
with a pale disc on the buttocks; horns with three anterior ant¬ 
lers, the summit forming a crown of snags from a common cen¬ 
tre ; with a muzzle; lachrymal sinuses. Inhabits Europe, 
Asia, and the north of Africa. 
Sub-Genus 5. — Rusa. — Horns trifurcate, with a basal but 
no medium antler; beam terminating in a perch, with one pro¬ 
cess or snag on the anterior or posterior side of the beam, and 
forming a fork; muzzle broad; suborbital slit deep; having 
canines, sometimes even in the females; neck with a mane; 
colours generally dark. 
Cervus Equijius. — The Malayan Rusa. 
Plate XXVIII. fig. 8. 
Fur dark-brown, with an orange-coloured disc on the but¬ 
tocks ; horns robust, pearled ; basal antler on the burr; termi¬ 
nal bifurcated from the internal posterior side of the beam ; 
points obtuse; suborbital opening very large, moveable, admit¬ 
ting air; heavy mane covering the sides of the neck and throat ; 
suture large; canines in both sexes. Inhabits Java and Su¬ 
matra. 
