BULLET AND SHOT 



An interesting article, which appeared in The 

 Field of December 3ist, 1898, by G. R. Radmore, 

 upon this comparatively little-known animal has, 

 by the kind permission of the editor and of the 

 author, been reproduced in extenso in the Appendix 

 to this volume. 



THE MUNTJAC (Cervulus aureus) 



The muntjac, rib-faced, kakur or barking deer, 

 which is widely distributed throughout India, is 

 a small animal measuring only some 26 or 28 

 inches in height. The two curious folds of skin 

 down the face, to which the second appellation 

 is due, are bright red in colour, the creases 

 between being dark brown ; the general colour of 

 the head and the upper part of the body and sides 

 is bright red, with the chest, under parts, and 

 under the tail white. 



The horns are small, and are elevated on bony 

 pedicles which are covered with hair. Each horn 

 consists of but a beam, and one tine which springs 

 from just above the pedicle. In place of horns, 

 the female has two small knobs. Two formidable 

 canine teeth, or tushes, in the upper jaw of the male 

 project outside the lips, and on the Neilgherry 

 hills, and elsewhere where dogs are employed to 

 drive muntjac out of the sholahs, the former are 

 often very badly cut by the latter's sharp little 

 weapons, and a terrier of Colonel Ward's was, he 

 mentions, killed by a wounded buck. 



Whenever the muntjac suspects danger, he keeps 



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