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RECORDS OF BIG GAMI-. 



Antlers of Schomburgk's Deer. From a specimen in the British Museum. 



SCHOMBURGK'S DEEE (Cervus [Rucervus] schomburgki). 

 Siamese name, La ong or on. 



Allied to the preceding, but the antlers smooth, rounded, and 

 more complex ; the brow-tine very long, frequently forked, and arising 

 nearly at right angles to the beam, which is very short, compressed, 

 and regularly forked, with each of the main branches about equally 

 developed and again forking in a similar manner to terminate in long 

 cylindrical tines. General colour uniform dark brown. Height at 

 shoulder about 3 feet 5 inches. 



Distribution. Siamese territory east and west of the Menam River ; 

 also Cambodia west of the Menam River south of Paknampho, 

 and in swamps occasionally on east ; in fact, chiefly the inland 

 districts east of the Menam River in Northern Siam, 



