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No. 56- Cervus Wallichii Cervus Affinis- 

 JERDON, Nos. 217 AND 218, PAGES 250 AND 251 ; KASHMIR 



STAG, SEKIM STAG. 



I saw in Rangoon and had photographed, a wonderful pair of 

 horns, supposed to be those of a Kashmir stag, but from the descrip- 

 tion of the " Shou" given by Jerdon, at page 252, I imagine a 

 Sekim one. They had been brought from Calcutta to be shown in 

 the Rangoon exhibition of 1865, and were supposed to be the pair 

 mentioned in the foot-note to Blyth's catalogue, page 147. From 

 memory, and even with a correct photograph to guide me, I shall 

 not attempt to describe them further, than to say, that until I saw 

 these horns, I had not an idea, that so magnificent an animal of the 

 deer tribe as their original owner must have been, was to be found 

 in the world. 



No. 57- Rucervus Duvaucellii, Cervus frontalis. 



JERDON, No. 219, PAGES 254 AND 255 ; SWAMP OR " BARA 



SINGHA" DEER. 



JERDON, No. 219, PAGES 254 AND 255 ; BROW ANTLERED 

 RUSA DEER. 



I have before me a photograph of heads of a " bara singha" 

 killed in Central India, and two of the brow autlered deer, " Cervus 

 frontalis" killed in the plains of Pegu and presented to the Madras 

 Museum, where they are at present, November 1868. 



The difference is very distinctly marked. With the first, the horns 

 are wider apart at the base, while those of the second diverge much 

 more afterwards, sweeping boldly out from above the second point, 

 the brow antler of the swamp deer is not so long in proportion as that 

 of " Cervus frontalis" and is directed more forwards than the other, 

 which, did it not turn outwards would, by bending down vizard- 

 like, mask the face to the nostrils. The horns of " Cervus frontalis" 

 are much rougher than the other and the six points on each horn 

 are thus divided. 



" Swamp deer ;" one brow antler and five branches at top. 



