ii HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE AND WORK 37 



Contains some additional information upon this little 

 known species of deer, with figures of a normal and 

 abnormal pair of antlers, and also some observations 

 upon the effects of castration upon the growth of 

 antlers of deer in general. 



On the Deer of the Philippine Islands, with the De- 

 scription of a New Species. P. Z. S. y 1877, 

 P- Si- 



The author commences by saying that, " With per- 

 haps the exception of the simple-horned deer of South 

 America, comprising the subgenus Coassus, there is no 

 group of existing Cervidce, concerning which our know- 

 ledge is so inexact and so fragmentary, as that relating 

 to the small Rusine deer of the Philippine Islands. 

 With the desire of remedying this defect as far as 

 possible, I have for some years paid particular attention 

 to the subject, and during several visits to continental 

 museums have enjoyed (thanks to the great courtesy of 

 their conservators) ample opportunities of studying the 

 materials bearing upon it which they contain. I regret 

 that the result of my investigation is not more satisfac- 

 tory, and it is solely in the hope that an exposure of 

 the nakedness of the land may attract the attention of 

 future naturalists travelling in the Philippines to the 

 subject that I venture to lay the following notes before 

 the Society." The paper is exhaustive both as to 

 literature and description of specimens, as far as the 

 material permits, and is illustrated by three plates and 

 a woodcut. 



On Gazella granti. P. Z. S. t 1878, p. 723. 



A full description, with figures, of the head and 

 horns of the species previously described from less 

 perfect materials (suflm, 1872, p. 60 1). 



