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the margiii 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 color. 

 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 right angle, occasionally pointing down- 

 wards. 



Average length of a full-grown buck from 42 to 44 inches, from 

 muzzle to root of tail ; tail 8 ; height at shoulder 27 to 28 inches. 

 Average length of horns 15 to 16 inches. 



The hog deer is found throughout the Gangetic valley in suitable 

 spots, extending to the foot of the hills, and more rarely in Central 

 India. It is also found in the Punjab and Sindh, and is abundant 

 in Assam, Sylhet and Burmah. It runs with its head low and in 

 a somewhat ungainly manner, hence its popular appellation ip India 

 of hog deer. 



The young are beautifully spotted." 



No. 61, Page 115. Cervulus Aureus or Muntjac. 

 Rib-faced or Barking Deer. 



The following extract from the " Polar World," by Doctor G. 

 Hartwig, mentions that the rein deer makes a somewhat similar 

 noise to that mentioned at page 116 : 



" When the rein deer walks or merely moves, a remarkable 

 clattering sound is heard to some distance, about the cause of 

 which naturalists and travellers by no means agree. Most probably 

 it results from the great length of the two digits of the cloven hoof, 

 which when the animal sets foot upon the ground separate widely, 

 and when it again raises its hoof, suddenly clap against each other." 



The tiny feet of the muntjac can hardly cause the noise. As 

 suggested at page 121 of these notes, it may proceed from the 

 long tongue and movable canine teeth being smacked together, but, 

 as the tusk cannot reach any other tooth, Colonel Hamilton 

 has requested me to take out that portion of my remark at page 

 116, which causes him to suggest that this, extraordinary noise 



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