290 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



INDIAN MUNTJAC 



Sometimes called the Barking-deer. The Indian 

 sfeciet stands only 2 feet high 



OTHER TYPICAL DEER 



So numerous are the typical deer that they are not 

 concluded even by the long list of animals already 

 enumerated. We proceed now to glance briefly at the 

 remainder of this important group. 



The PHILIPPINE SPOTTED DEER, or PRINCE 

 ALFRED'S DEER, is a small but extremely handsome 

 species, found in the islands of Samar and Leyte. The 

 height is under 30 inches ; the colour very dark brown, 

 spotted with white, the tinder-parts, chin, and upper 

 portion of the legs also white. 



Another small cervine from the Philippine group is 

 the CALAMIANES DEER, a darkish brown beast, found in 

 the island of that name. 



The little BAVIAN DEER, another island-deer, from 

 the Bavian group, between Borneo and Java, should also 

 be mentioned. Very little is known of the habits of 

 these three deer, and few specimens even of their skins 

 and horns have reached Europe. 



The HOG-DEER, allied to the last-named species, is 

 an animal much better known, found as it is in many 

 parts of India and Burma. This handsome little deer 

 stands from 24 to 28 inches at the shoulder, and carries 

 antlers which average from 10 to 15 inches, and reach 

 occasionally as much as 21 or 22 inches one specimen 



is recorded measuring 23} inches. It has a yellowish or reddish-brown coat, minutely speckled 



with white. The summer coat is paler and marked with white or palish-brown spots. This 



sturdy little deer is found usually in long grass, and 



affords excellent snap-shooting; it is also run into with 



dogs and speared by mounted sportsmen. Major Fitz- 



Herbert thus describes a chase of this kind : " He [the 



little stag] stood at bay, with head down and bristles 



raised like a miniature red deer of Landseer's, but broke 



away when I came up. Once he charged the bitch 



and knocked her over. He stood at bay two or three 



times, but I could never get a spear into him for fear of 



hurting the dogs. At last one time, as he was break- 

 ing bay, I came up, and he charged me with such 



force as to break one of his horns clean off against the 



spear. However, I struck him in the spine, and rolled 



him over." These little deer have quite extraordinary 



pluck, and have been known even to charge and wound 



a horse. 



The CHITAL, or INDIAN SPOTTED DEER, often called 



the Axis Deer, a very beautiful species, is the common 



jungle stag of India. Standing about 3 feet or a little 



over, its lovely coat of bright reddish fawn is thickly 



spotted with white at all seasons of the year. The horns 



are somewhat of the sambar type, and measure as much 



as 36 or 38 inches in length in fine specimens. These YOUNG MALE CHINESE 



exquisite deer are often found in considerable herds, and WATER-DEER 



are a forest-loving Species. One of the few deer which have no antiers 



