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vus Smilhii, and is marked, according to a drawing 

 in the Hardwicke Collection, with white spots like 

 the Axine group. A species of reindeer has been 

 found fossil in France. 



Of the sub-genus DAMA, only one species, the 

 fallow deer, appears to be at present in existence ; 

 but at least three, of very large proportions, are 

 fossil, and among these the Cervus giganteus, or Irish 

 Elk, is supposed to have belonged to the present 

 zoology. Among other evidence, we have been in- 

 formed of a large deposit of. horns, black animal 

 mould, coals and ashes, being found on digging near 

 the Serpent's Head^ or the oval part of the serpent 

 temple, at Avesbury, in Wiltshire. 



Sub-genus ELAPHUS, or Stag Proper, contains, 

 beside the species described, one of Africa, C. Bar- 

 l<irus, wanting the bisantler, extending as far east 

 as Syria, and probably the Ail or Hart of Scripture, 

 whose back is always marked with rows of specks, 

 and C. claphoides of Hodgson ; Barainsa, which 

 forms the link with the next group, or 



Sub-genus RUSA. The Saumurs or Sauburs of 

 India. Bishop Heber noticed a species, named by 

 him Goonh, which may have been one of these 

 with the single prickets of the first year, for the 

 beam had no antlers; and, another, Mohr^ with 

 horns of such length, that a man could stand be- 

 tween them. 



Mr. Blyth has observed an apparent sub-division 

 in both the Rusa and Axine groups, each having 

 species with canines, and species without. Saubur 



