THE MUNTJACS 



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renewal is completed by August. The venison of the kakar is considered superior 

 to that of most of the Indian deer. 



In regard to the sport afforded by these deer, General Kinloch 

 writes: "I have stalked and shot kakar at various times, and have 

 also had them driven out of cover; many may be found in this manner, but, unless 

 one knows their usual runs, it is difficult to know where to post oneself. L,ike 

 many other animals, the kakar ob- 

 jects to being driven, and will 

 break back through the beaters in 

 order to make his point. As they 

 probably only give a chance of a 

 snap shot at short range, it is easier 

 to kill them with a charge of shot 

 than with a rifle bullet. ' ' 



There are four 

 Other Species ,, . r 



other species of munt- 



jac, in addition to the common 

 Indian form. Of these, Fea's 

 muntjac ( C. fees') , froniTenasserim, 

 is rather smaller and darker than 

 the Indian species, with a short 

 tuft of hair between the antlers, 

 and a much shorter tail; the latter 

 appendage being altogether white, 

 save for a narrow streak of black 

 down the middle of its upper surface. 



The other three species are Chinese. In Eastern Tibet and the neighborhood 

 of Hang-Chow there occurs Sclater's muntjac (C. lacrymans), characterized by the 

 bright yellowish -colored hair of the head and neck, while that clothing the body 

 and limbs is of a much more sombre hue. ' The smallest member of the group is 

 Reeves' s muntjac (C. reevesi), from Southern China and Formosa, in which the color 

 of the whole fur is brighter than in any other species, while the pedicles of the ant- 

 lers diverge less from one another, and the hollow in the skull for the gland below 

 the eye is of unusually large size. 



Finally, the hairy-fronted muntjac (C. crinifrons) , which is perhaps the hand- 

 somest of all and comes from the neighborhood of Ningpo, is distinguished at a 

 glance by the long tuft of hair on the forehead and top of the head, in which the 

 minute antlers are almost entirely hidden. This species stands about twenty-four 

 inches in height at the shoulder, and the general color of its fur is brown. The 

 upper part of the head is, however, of a bright chestnut, which, with the white of 

 the under parts and lower surface of the tail, forms a striking contrast to the 

 somber coloration of the body. 



HEAD OF HAIRY-FRONTED MUNTJAC. 

 (From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1885.) 



