.CERVUS. 541 



366. Cervus eldi. Tlie brow-antlered Deer or Thameng. 



"Nondescript species of Deer," McClelland, Calc. Jour. N. H. i, 



p. 501, pi. xii, figs. 1 a, 1 b. 

 Cervus eldii, Guthrie (teste Blyth, P. Z. S, 1867, p. 887), Calc. Jour. 



N. H. ii, p. 417, pi. xii (1842) ; Beavan, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 759 ; 



Sicinhoe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 653, figs. 1-3 ; Sclater, Tr. Z. S. vii, 



p. 348, pis. xxxvii, xxxviii ; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 906 ; W. 



Sclater, Cat. p. 180. 

 Cervus (Rusa) frontalis, McClelland, Calc. Jour. N. H. iii, p. 401, 



pis. xiii, xiv (1843) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii.p. 296. 

 Panolia acuticornis, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 180 (no de- 

 scription) ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 272. 

 Panolia platyceros, Gray, ibid. p. 181 (no description) ; Blyth. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 842, figs. 20-23. 

 Panolia eldii, G)-ay, Cat. Mam. $c. Nepal 8f Thibet B. M. 1846, 



p. 34 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxx, p. 193, xxxi, p. 334 ; id. Cat. p. 149 ; 



t& P. Z. S. 1867, p. 835, figs. 13-19 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, 



p. 45 ; Beavan, J. A. S. B. xxxvi, pt. 2, p. 175. 

 Sangnai, Sangrai, Manipur ; TJiameng, Burmese. 



Size moderate. Hair very coarse, shaggy in winter, thick and 

 long about the neck in stags. Tail short. Skull elongate, frontal 



Pig. 176. Skull and horns of Cervus eldi. 



area very narrow ; premaxillaries much shorter than in C. duvau- 

 celi. Horns with an extremely long curved brow-antler joining 

 the beam in such a manner that the two form one continuous 

 curve at right angles to the pedicel. There are frequently small 



