SWAMP-DEER 83 



on the hind-leg, or only a vestige thereof. In the swamp-deer the 

 antlers are smooth and flattened, with a long brow-tine rising almost 

 at right angles to the beam, which is undivided for about half the total 

 length of the antler, and then splits into a fork, each branch of which 

 is usually simply forked, but sometimes divided in a more complicated 

 manner. General colour bright rufous brown, often speckled near the 

 back. Height at shoulder from 3 feet 8 inches to 3 feet 10 inches; 

 weight about 7 1 7 Ibs. 



Distribution. India, exclusive of Ceylon. 



Owner. 



Capt. W. W. Hancock. 

 Major C. B. Wood. 

 Major C. S. Cumberland. 



Do. 



C. F. Egerton. 

 J. D. Inverarity. 

 Capt. B. H. Boucher. 

 Major H. G. C. Swayne. 

 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Measured by Lieut. -Col. A. E. 



Ward. 

 British Museum (B. H. 



Hodgson). 

 Major C. B. Wood. 



J. D. Inverarity. 



Major W. Anstruther Thom- 

 son. 

 Indian Museum. 



A. Wilson. 



Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



H. C. V. Hunter. 



Capt. E. B. Cook. 



F. B. Simson. 



A. E. Leatham. 



Major A. G. W. Malet. 



