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But it is in the horns that we see the most re- 

 markable form and the character of the subgenus of 

 Smith. " In the adult kidang in a perfect state, 

 they consist of one principal branch, with a smaller 

 additional antler, rising on the same base from the co- 

 ronal margin of the pedestal, and projecting forward 

 and inward. The latter is simple, very short, and, 

 from the common base, one inch and a half in length. 

 The principal branch in the adult animal, is four 

 inches and a half, and measured along the curve five 

 inches long. It rises for the space of two inches 

 nearly erect, then forms a slight curve outward and 

 forward, and, finally, bending" suddenly backward 

 and inward, nearly at a right angle, forms a hook 

 with an acute termination, the curve of which va- 

 ries in different individuals." The base of the horns 

 is finished by a tuberculated burr, but which is 

 nearly concealed by the hair, which terminates the 

 pedestals. The pedestals commence, as it were, 

 with the ridges which are apparent on the face, 

 which gradually diverge and follow the outline of 

 the skull. " Thus they continue gradually increasing 

 in size, until they have passed the orbits of the eye, 

 where they enlarge by a lateral swelling, constituting 

 an outer and inferior margin. Their form here is 

 irregularly angular, being broader above, and having 

 an even outer and inferior margin. They diverge 

 now more abruptly from each other in a lateral di- 

 rection, but in their ascent preserve the obliquity of 

 the line bounding the skull above. Having passed 



