CATALOGUE OF THE HUME BEQUEST 



89. 12. 10. 31. 9. Skull and antlers (fig. 15). Chand 

 district, Central Provinces. In this specimen, which stands 

 Xo. 6 in Mr. Ward's list, the antler-measurements are as 

 follows : length on outer curve 46 i, girth 6|, tip to tip 24 , 

 widest inside span 30 J inches. The record length is 50 J 

 inches. 



B. Malay Sambar. 

 Cervus unieolor equinus. 



Cervus equinus, Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, ed. 3, vol. iv, p. 45, 1825. 

 Cervus unieolor equinus, Lydvkker, Deer of All Lands, p. 150, pi. xi, 



1898, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 232, 1907 ; Ward, Records 



of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 63, 1910. 



90. 12. 10. 31. 10. Skull and antlers. Garo Hills ; shot 

 by Mr. G. P. Sanderson. 



THE CHITAL, OR AXIS DEER. 



CERVUS (Axis) AXIS. 



Cervus axis, Erxleben, Syst. Eegn. Animal, p. 312, 1777 ; Blanford, 

 Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 546, 1891 ; Lydekker, Game 

 Animals of India, etc. p. 233, 1907; Ward, Records of Big 

 Game, ed. 6, p. 68, 1910. 



Cervus (Axis) axis, Hamilton Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 

 vol. iv, p. 117, 1827. 



Axis maculata, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 178, 1843. 



Cervus (Rusa) axis, *Ly decker, Deer of All Lands, p. 179, 1898. 



Axis (Axis) axis, PococJc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 948. 



91. - 12. 10. 31. 11. Skull and antlers (fig. 16). Dehra 

 Dun. The length of the antlers, according to Mr. Hume's 

 measurement, is 38^ inches on one side and 36| on the other. 

 The record length is 39 inches. 



92. 12. 10. 31. 12. Skull and antlers. Basim district, 

 Berar. This specimen is No. 9 in Mr. Ward's list. Length 

 of antlers 37^, girth 4J, tip to tip 24| inches. 



THE PARA, OR HOG-DEER, 



CERVUS (HYELAPHUS) PORCINUS. 



Cervus porcinus, Zimmermann, Species Zool. Geogr. Quadr. p. 552, 

 1777 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 549, 1891 ; 

 LydeTeJcer, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 241, 1907. 



Cervus (Axis) porcinus, Hamilton Smith, in Griffith's Animal King- 

 dom, vol. iv, p. 197, 1827. 



