undescribed Type of Rusine Deer. 20") 



unicolor) it differs by the hairs being completely annulated 

 with black and yellow, as it also does by the form of the 

 antlers and their comparative slight degree of rugosity. 

 These appendages are primarily of the three-branched Rusine 

 type, with the inner or hinder tine of the terminal fork 

 forming the continuation of the beam, atid longer than the 

 outer or front tine. The tail, too, is thinner and less bushy 

 than in the sambar. 



In all these three respects — namely, the annulated hair, the 

 general form and slight rugosity of the antlers, and the rela- 

 tively thin tail — the specimen agrees with the rasa (C. hippe- 

 lophus). It is, however, very considerably smaller than either 

 of the three local races of the latter, from which it also differs 

 by the complexity of the antlers. And here it may be men- 

 tioned that at the time of its death the animal was apparently 

 bearing its third pair of antlers, those with which it was 

 figured in ' The Deer of All Lands ' having been shed and 

 replaced ; it is therefore approximately adult. 



As regards their special characters, the antlers are more or 

 less flattened throughout and display a marked tendency to 

 palmation. This brow-tine is much flattened, with a sharp 

 posterior edge, and on the right side is distinctly bifurcate, 

 although only imperfectly so on the left. The outer tine of 

 the terminal fork is likewise much flattened, sharp-edged 

 behind, and trifurcate, but the inner tine on the right side is 

 conical and simple, although showing a tendency to branch 

 on the left side. The number of points on each antler is thus 

 six. 



The species may be shortly defined as allied to G. hippe- 

 laphus, but much smaller (30 inches at the shoulder), with 

 flattened and somewhat palmated antlers, which, when fully 

 developed, show at least six points on each side. This species 

 I propose to call Cervus (Rusa) tavistocki, the mounted 

 example in the British Museum being the type. In giving 

 this name I must take the risk of the Woburn deer being 

 identical with one of the numerous forms from the Philip- 

 pines which have been described by Heude as species*. 



I may take this opportunity of mentioning that specimens 

 now at Woburn seem to indicate the identity of Cervus 

 Luedorji, Bolau (1880), with C. xanthopygus, Milne-Edwards 

 (1867). When this year's antlers are shed the point can be 

 definitely decided. 



* See ' Deer of All Lands,' pp. 186, 187. 



