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Javan Musk, Shaw, Zool. t. 173, ex tab. Bufon. 

 Hub. in Java. 



This species Mr. Gray states to be easily distinguishable from the 

 former by its smaller size ; darker colour; the strength and distinct- 

 ness of its nuchal streak ; the width of the band across its chest, 

 which is besides continued backwards into a narrow streak ; and the 

 yellow band along the middle of the belly. These characters are 

 common to two specimens of different ages in the collection of the 

 British Museum. The lateral white streaks on the fore part of the 

 chest are linear, the median one subtriangular, being narrow in front 

 and widening backwards. The two dark streaks by which they are 

 separated are linear, of the same colour with the sides of the neck, 

 and do not unite together in front. 



3. MosoHus FULvivENTER. MoscJi. fulvus, nigresceiiH vaHegatus ; 

 niichd striffd longitudinali laid nigrd ; guld, colli lateribiis, anti- 

 pedibusque rufescenti-fulvis ; lateribus suhtusqueflavescenti-fulvis; 

 menti marginibus, strigis tribus pectoralibus, strigd latd utrin- 

 que in pectore abdomineque, femoribtts interne anticeque, cauddque 

 subths, albis. 

 Le jeune Chevrotain, Buffon, Hist. Nat. xii. p. 342. /. 42. 43. 

 Hab. in Insulis Malaicis, et in Peninsula Indise Orientalis ? 

 Very like the last, but differing from it in the under surface being 

 pale fulvous with four white streaks, and in the lateral streaks on the 

 chest being isolated anteriorly by means of a narrow transverse band 

 which separates them from the white of the chin, while the median 

 one is bounded in front by the union of the two dark streaks. 

 There is also a small brown spot on each side of the chin just below 

 the angle of the mouth, which is not found in the other species. 

 The fawns only a few weeks old do not differ in colour from their 

 parents. None of the three specimens in the collection of the British 

 Museum have their habitats accurately marked. Two of them were 

 from the collection of General Hardwicke, and the third was pre- 

 sented by Mr. Edward Burton of Chatham. Mr. Gray thinks it pro- 

 bable that this may be the animal indicated by Sir Stamford Raffles 

 under the name of Pelandoc. 



4. MoscHus Stanleyanus. Mosch. rufescenti-fulvus, pilis nigro- 

 apiculatis, subtus minus nitidus ; collo pectoreque nitide fulvis ■ 

 menti marginibus, strigis tribus pectoralibus, pectore, femoribus 

 interne anticeque, cauddque subtus, albis ; sjjncipite, pedibusqxie a 

 genubus inde saturatioribus ; rhinario, strigd utrinque oculos 

 ambiente, auriatlisque extus et ad margines, nigris. 

 Var. menti marginibus minus albis ; strigis pectoralibus interruptis 



minils conspicuis ; guldque paulo saturatiore. 

 Hab. . , 



This is immediately distinguishable from all the other species by 

 the brightness of its colouring, and by the absence of the nuchal 

 streak, and of the white on the under surface of the body. There 

 arc at present four living specimens in the magnificent collection of 

 the Earl of Derby at Knowslcy, and two others, consisting of a spe- 

 cimen of each of the varieties, in that of the Society, to which they 



