276 ORDEE VIII. 



them, under the term MOSCHID^E, into three sub- 

 genera. 



1. Moschus, containing the true musk-hearing 

 musk, and possibly an undescribed species of the 

 central mountains of China, smaller than M. mos- 

 chiferus, paler in fur, and always marked by still 

 paler round spots all over the body. 



2. Memina, without musk-bag ; a naked space 

 on the outside below the hock. 



3. Moschiola, or Tragulus, which embraces the 

 small species of Java and Sumatra. 



In this section, the Boryes of Herodotus, probably 

 the Boura, found in Koldagi, a large ruminant, said 

 to be without horns, but having a long black mane, 

 should be placed; but we think it is a Salipede. 

 See the account of Koomrah, in Volume XXII., 

 page 294:. 



In the next group, or great genus CERVUS, we 

 have the sub-genus ALCE or Elk, of which we now 

 consider those of the New Continent as distinct 

 from the Elks of the Old : there still remain some 

 in the forests of Bialowitz in Poland. True Elks 

 have likewise been observed is a fossil state. 



In the consideration of distinctive characters, 

 Mr. Gray has pointed out and described the loca- 

 tion of the brushes on the hind legs of deer ; the 

 Muntjaks, whose horns likewise are not regularly 

 deciduous, being alone without them. 



The sub-genus RANGIFER appears to have an 

 aberrant form in the mountain forests of High India. 

 It is noticed by Mr. Gray under the name of Cer- 



