8o RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



or outer one, and forming the continuation of the beam, from the 

 front or front outer surface of which the front tine arises as an off- 

 shoot ; the two antlers enclosing a lyrate space. Young, uniformly 

 coloured. There are two races of this species one the Javan rusa 

 (C. hippclapJius typicus] of the approximate size of a red deer, and the 

 other the Moluccan rusa (C. hippelaphus moluccensis}, from Celebes and 

 the Moluccas, said to be smaller, and without a distinct mane on the 

 neck or tuft to the tail. 



A. JAVAN RUSA (Cervus hippelaphus typicus). 



Length 



outside ference. Tip. inside, 

 curve. 



37i 5l I0 i?i 3 + 3 Java . . . H.R.II. the Prince of Wales. 



-36 ... n ... 3 + 3 Mauritius (introduced) Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 



35^ 4p 22\ ... 3 + 3 Java . . . Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



35 4i I7i 17 3 + 3 Do. . . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



34^, 4 1 7:J 22} 3 + 3 Do. . . . Capl. C. Keppel, R.N. 



! 34 ... ... ... ... Rodriguez (introduced) Admiral Sir William Kennedy. 



33^ 5 12 ... 3 + 3 Java . . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



33 4^- 25! ... 3 + 3 Do. . . . Duke of Bedford. 



1 Weight 269 Ibs. 



B. MOLUCCAN RUSA (Cervus hippelaphus moluccensis). 



Length 



outside gss: V p -<*- > 



curve. 



36^ 4 l8 3 + 3 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



274 4V I4i 3 + 3 Duke of Bedford. 



148 3i 3 + 3 I)() - 



8| 4 5i Batchian . . . British Museum (A. R. Wallace). 



6} 3 5 ... ? British Museum. 



- Owner's measurements. 



