597 

 Subgenus Prox. 



* 



3606. The skull of the Barking-deer, or Muntjak (Cervus Muntjak). 



It is remarkable for the great length of the pedicles which support the antlers, and which 

 are continued from two strong ridges that traverse the outer side of the frontal bone from its 

 junction with the nasal bones backwards. The lacrymal bone presents a deep and well-marked 

 fossa, and there is a vacuity anterior to it, bounded by the frontal, nasal, and superior maxil- 

 lary. The upper canines are largely developed in this species : they project downwards with 

 a slight curve, and backwards, and have a sharp posterior edge. 



Hunterian. 



3607. The skull and antlers of the Barking-deer (Cervus Muntjak). 



The antlers are somewhat larger and the canines smaller. The teeth are much worn ; the 

 enamel ridges of the first true molar being quite obliterated, showing it to be an aged indi- 

 vidual. The vacuities in front of the lacrymal bones remain. 



From the Himalayan mountains. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



3608. The calvarium and antlers of a Barking-deer (Cervus MuntjaK). 



Presented by Sir Stamford Raffles, P.Z.S. 



3609. The calvarium and antlers of a Barking-deer (Cervus Muntjak*). 



There is only a rudiment of a brow-snag on the short deciduous antlers. 



Purchased. 



3610. A mutilated cranium, with the antlers, of a large specimen of Barking-deer 

 (Cervus Muntjak). 



The entire series of the permanent molar teeth of the upper jaw is preserved. The per- 

 sistent pedicles of the short deciduous antlers are rather more divergent than in other spe- 

 cimens. 



Presented by Sir Everard Home, Bart., F.P.E.S. 



3611. A mutilated skull of a Barking- deer. 



A longitudinal section has been made of one of the antlers and its pedicle. 



Hunterian . 



3612. The skull of a female Barking-deer (Cervus Muntjak}. 



It bore the label Cervus Rutwa, and was stated to have been shot at Natmuthal. The two 

 diverging ridges are developed above the outer margins of the frontal, but subside when they 

 send down the postorbital process. There is a socket for a small canine in each maxillary 

 bone. 



Purchased. 



