THE DEER OF INDIA 



almost wanting, the largely developed brow antlers 

 extending down the face, and appearing as if they 

 were prolongations of the beams, the latter being, 

 seemingly, almost sessile upon the skull. From 

 below the top of each beam arises a royal tine, 

 and from the somewhat flattened top of the former 

 spring a number of small points. 



Eld's deer is found in Burmah (it is rarer in the 

 upper portions of the province than in the lower), 

 in Manipur, the eastern Himalayas, Terai, Siam, 

 and the Malay Peninsula. It does not affect dense 

 jungles, and even when disturbed it seeks safety 

 by flight, not into thick forest, but into the open. 



Major L., late of the 2ist Hussars (now Lancers) 

 bagged a specimen of this curious deer in Borneo. 

 Thamine are shot either by the use of beaters, or 

 from the backs of tame elephants. 



Natives, as related by Colonel Heber Percy, 

 approach these animals at night by the use of a 

 light, accompanied by the jingling of bells a com- 

 bination which appears to daze them. 



In Horn Measurements, the three largest heads 

 measure in length 42, 41, and 39f, and in girth 

 from 5 to 5|- inches ; the number of points being 

 five, ten, and twenty respectively. Another head 

 has a girth measurement of 6J inches, and carries 

 no less than thirty-five small points. A head of 

 32 inches and over is a good one. 



The vernacular names for this deer are 



In Burmah Thamin. 



Elsewhere where it is found - - Sungrai or 

 Sungnaie. 



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