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This speciee resembles the Phal. Cookii in having the tail marked 

 vrith white ; but in all other respects it is most closely allied to the 

 Pkal. vulpina. Its size, proportions, and general appearance, cor- 

 respond vvith those of the latter species ; and the ears in particular 

 are long and elliptical, vvhilst they are short and semicircular in the 

 Phal. Cookii. The tail also is comparatively much shorter than in 

 that animal, and instead of being covered with very short close hair 

 is rough and bushy, as in the Phal. vulpina and Phal. Juliginosa. 



Described from a specimen in the Society's Museum. 



Mr, Ogilby availed himself of the šame opportunity to describe a 

 new species of Indian Deer, belonging to the section of vvhich the 

 Axis, {Cervus Axis, Linn.,) may be regarded as the type. He thus 

 characterized and described it : 



Cervus nudipalpebra. Cerv. corpore toto suh-nigro, lucido- 

 maculato ; cornibus irifurcis; palpebris regionibusque ocularibus 

 nudis, nigris. 



About the size of a Fallow-deer, but of a more corpulent form ; 

 of a uniform dark brown colour, almost black, particularly on the 

 head, neck, and median line of the back ; even about the tail not 

 a single white hair is to be seen, nor on the belly, nor inside of the 

 thighs. The body is obscurely spotted with white, vvhich is only 

 apparent on attentive examination, and in particular lights. The 

 hair is rude and coarse, longer on the body than on the head, neck 

 and extremities, vvhich are jet black, and vvithout spots. The horns 

 are very long, and bear only two antlers, one near the brow, and 

 the other about-two thirds of the length of the shaft from its root, 

 The muzzle is large, black, and nakedj the tear-pits particularly 

 apparent ; the eyes large and prominent, and the ears broad, and 

 shaped likę those of the Ox. The eye-lashes and a considerable 

 circular space about each eye are naked and black. 



It inhabits the banks of the Ganges. 



Described from a specimen at the Tower, 



