AXIS. 509 
is abundant in Assam and Burmah, and is also found in Ceylon, but is 
stated not to occur in Malabar. 
Description.—“ Light chestnut or olive-brown, with an eye-spot ; 
the margin of the lips, the tail beneath, limbs within, and abdomen, 
white—in summer many assume a paler and more yellow tint, and get 
a few white spots, and the old buck assumes a dark slaty colour ; the 
horns resemble those of a young spotted deer, with both the basal and 
upper tines very small, the former pointing directly upwards at a very 
acute angle, and the latter directed backwards and inwards, nearly at a 
Axis porcinus. 
right angle, occasionally pointing downwards” (/erdon). McMaster 
says: “‘I can corroborate Jerdon’s statement that the young of this 
deer are beautifully spotted ; but, although I have seen many specimens, 
dead and alive, and still more of the skins while I was in Burmah, I do 
not remember having remarked the few white spots which he says 
many of them assume in summer.” ‘The fawns lose their spots at about 
six months, 
Si1ze.—Length, 42 to 44 inches; tail, 8 inches; height, 27 to 28. 
Average length ofshorns, 15 to 16 inches, 
