256 RUBINS. 



throughout Burmali to Siam, and the Malayan, peninsula. It is the 

 Thamin or Te-min of Burmah. Hodgson asserts that he obtained it from 

 the sal forest of the Nepal Morung, where called GOUT and Ghos, and 

 he also gives another name, Seving. He was most probably deceived by 

 his shikarees who brought him the animal, and it will be observed that 

 the name Seving is probably a mispronunciation of the Burmese name. 

 The name Ghos is also probably the same as the Ghous, by which the 

 Samber is called in Dacca and eastern Bengal. The horns of (Kmarpha, 

 as described by Hodgson, are considered by Blyth to be " abnormal as 

 developed in captivity." 



Gen. RUSA, Ham. Smith. 



Char. Horns with one basal and one upper tine, thick, dark, and 

 rugose. Muffle large; eye-pits large and reversile ; no feet-pits. Of 

 large size. Canines in the upper jaw in both sexes ; the males heavily 

 maned. 



This genus is spread over the Indian region from the Himalayas to 

 the Philippine islands. 



220. Rusa Aristotelis. 



Cervuswpud CUVIER. BLYTH, Cat. 488. Figured F. CUVIER, Mammif. 

 I. 104 and III. 93. C. hippelaphus, C. equinus, and C. Leschenaultii, 

 CUVIER. C. niger, BLAINVILLE.* C.jarai and C. heterocercus, Hodgson. 

 C. saumur, OGILBV. Sdmbar, H. and Mahr. Jarai and Jerrao, inthe 

 Himalayas. Mdhd, in parts of the Terai. Meru, Mahr. of the Ghats. 

 Ma-ao, of Gonds. Kadavi orKadaba, Canarese. Kannadi,Te\. GJwus 

 or Gaoj, in Eastern Bengal ; the female, Bhalongi. 



THE SAMBER STAG. 



Descr. Horns with a basal antler springing directly from the burr or 

 base of the horn, and pointing forwards, upwards and outwards, the beam 

 bifurcating at the extremity, a snag separating posteriorly and pointing 

 obliquely to the rear. Colour dark brown, in summer somewhat slaty ; 

 the chin, limbs within, tail beneath, and irregularly marked patch on the 

 buttocks pale yellowish, or orange-yellow ; neck and throat with long 

 hair, forming a sort of mane ; tail moderately long. Female and young 

 dusky olive-brown, lighter than the buck. 



* I think it doubtful whether this name was originally given to a Rusa or Axis. 

 Y, H. Smith ; Griffith's Cuvier, vol. IV., p. 114. 



