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Dimensions of the horns, in inches, together with some others, 
which I quote for comparison :— 
Widest Circum- - Widest 
pleas onal ee pies ee Locality 
1. 42.95 16.4 38.1 38.8 25.4 Siam N. Lat. 14° 25’, 
2. 41.— 20.— 34.5 56.5 27.— Siam. 
3, hed 18.5 13.45 24.3 28.3 Siam, Ratburi. 
4,0 — EieGe 29-0 39.0 29.5 Siam. 
No. 1 is the upper one in the illustration, and is the one 
described in this article. It was obtained within 10 miles of the Tenas- 
serim boundary. No. 3, the lower one illustrated, is in the possession 
of Dr. Malcolm Smith and was obtained in the same Province of 
Ratburi though probably south of where I shot No. 1. 
Nos. 2 and 4 are the only heads which Rowland Ward records 
from Siam:—No. 2 in the possession of Mr. J. H. Thurston and 
No. 4 in that of Mr. A. Waley. 
K. G. GAIRDNER. 
June, 1914, 
No. III.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE “ LAMANG” DEER 
(CERVUS ELD1 PLATYCEROS. ) 
In his paper on the Fauna and Flora of Ratburi and Petchburi, 
which appeared in Vol. [. No. I. of this Journal, Mr. K. G. Gairdner 
writes: ‘‘ At present two Cervidae only are known from this district, 
the Barking Deer (Cervulus muntjac) and the Sambar (Cervus unico- 
lor).” To these must be added Cervus eldi, known in Siam as the 
“lamang” and in Burmaas the “thamin,” which Mr. Gairdner has 
apparently not come across in the district referred to. The Siamese 
variety of this deer is a distinct race, known as C. eldi platyceros. It 
undoubtedly occurs, or was found until recently, in Ratburi Province. 
On the 29th March 1908, in the neighbourhood of Chawm Bung, a 
swampy plain having an area of about three square miles, approx- 
imate Lat. 13° 40,’ Long. 99° 35,' in the Muang ot Ratburi, I came 
across a herd of six, including a fawn. ‘The latter was about the S1Zze8 
of a three-quarter grown Barking Deer. It separated at first from 
the herd, which when first seen was about 200 yards off, and came 
