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a tinge of rafous on upper lip, back of head and limbs; hair on 
front of lower part of forelegs elongated into a fringe; metatar- 
sal gland not described; antlers, large, complex, smooth and 
polished ; the brow tine very long, frequently forked, and arising 
nearly at a right angle to beam, the latter very short and more 
or less laterally compressed, then forking dichotonomously with 
each of the main branches about equally developed, and again 
forking in a similar manner to terminate in long cylindrical 
tines; in immature antlers hind branch of main fork less 
developed than front one. Good antlers measure from 27 
to 33 inches in length along the front curve with a basal 
girth of from 44 to 6 inches and a tip to tip interval of 94 to 
283 inches.” 
The range over which the animal is found is, according to 
Rowland Ward (Records of Big Game, 1914 p. 57) :— 
“Siamese territory east and west of the Menam River ; 
also Cambodia west of the Menam River south of Paknam Po 
and in swamps occasionally on east ; in fact, the inland districts 
of the Menam River in northern Siam.” 
This statement shews a good deal of geographical confusion as 
to the position of Cambodia. His Menam River is of course the river 
Chao Phraya, the term Menam, or Mother of Waters, being used in 
Siam to designate any large river. 
Lydekker states that the range includes Yunnan, and Blanford 
gives the Shan States as a locality in which this animal is found. 
In my opinion, this deer is not found anywhere in the valley 
of the Menam Chao Phraya proper at the present day, though, doubt- 
less it was found in the vicinity of Paknam Po twenty years ago, before 
the railway opened the country up. 
Some two or three years ago when I was in the Paknam Po 
district, some old residents told me that they remembered this deer, 
which they described as resembling the “ lamang” ( Cervus eldi ) but 
with more complex and multi-tined antlers. 
They stated that the animal was known to them as “ saman” 
(dx u) and was frequently found some twenty years ago running with 
‘lamang’ in the open and rather swampy country east of Paknam Po 
in latitude 15° 30’ N, and longitude 100° 30’ E. They also asserted, 
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