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shoulder height, and known to almost all sections 

 of the Far East. This I saw frequently, though 

 it is a solitary wanderer and passes most of its 

 time in thick cover, coming out to graze in the 

 early morning and at sunset. Its longest antlers 

 (of antelope-like form) do not exceed four inches, 

 and the head is carried very low, so that it has an 

 ungainly, somewhat sheep-like gait, though of con- 

 siderable speed. One is constantly hearing its 

 somewhat dog-like, somewhat fox-like yelp. 



The other deer most commonly seen is the sam- 

 bar (Cervus unicolor), ranging from four to five 

 feet at the shoulder, an Oriental species which, 

 with its numerous sub-species, is common to 

 Burma, Malay, Siam and several of the East 

 Indian islands, the most attractive head being car- 

 ried by the Celebes variety, although the deer itself 

 is smaller than the Indian or Malayan type. 



Then there are the hog deer (Cervus porcinus) 

 of India, two and one-half feet at the shoulder, 

 which ranges through Burma, although not plenti- 

 fully; and the strictly Burmese variety called the 

 themeng (Cervus eldi), about the size of a big 

 antelope, with its Barren Ground caribou-like ant- 

 lers. Except for the Schomburger, the antlers of 

 all these deer are of simpler type than those of 

 the European or American groups ; as a rule, they 

 have a single brow-tine, with the beam rising 



