206 MAMMALIA. 



Cervus Bengalensis, Schinz, Syn. Mam. ii. 390. 



Daim noir de Bengal, Duvaucell, Asiat. Res. xv. 157. 



Cerf noir de Bengal, F. Cuvier, Menag. Lith. t. 



Cervus equinus (Samboo Deer), Bennett, Tower Menag. 185. fig. 



Cerf Mulct ?, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 43. t. 5. f. 38, horn. 



Elk, Indian Sportsmen ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



?Rusa Nepalensis, Hodgson, J. A. Soc. Eeng. x. 914; Calcutta 



Journ. N. H. iv. 292. 



Cervus heterocerus, Hodgson, J. A. S. Eeng. 1841, 722. t. 

 C. Hippelaphus, Duvaucell, Asiat. Res. xv. 174. 

 Biche de Malacca, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 41 ; F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. 

 Cervus Malaccensis, Fischer, Syn. 

 Cervus Saumer, Ogilby in Royle's Himal. i. 75. 



Mr. Hodgson notices the following varieties : 

 Var. 1 . Brown ; the frontal branch short. 

 Cervus Hippelaphus, or Phursa Jarai, Hodgs. Icon., not Cuv. 

 C. Saumur, Ogilby ; Royle, Illustr. 

 Phursa Jarai, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. i. 1132. 66. t. 5. f. 1-3, 346. 



Var. 2. The hinder part of the beam produced, longer than the 



upper prong. 

 Cervus Hippelaphus var., Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. 5. f. 34. 



Var. 3. Rump rufous ; the frontal branch of horn elongate. 

 Cervus Aristotelis (or Rato Jarai), Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1834, 98 ; 



1836, 39. 

 The Rato Jarai, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 66. f. 4, 346. 



Var. 4. The upper part of the beam simple. 



Cervus heterocerus, or Kalo Jarai, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 1841, 



727. t. . f. 2, x. 914; Calc. J. N. H. iv. 292; Cat. Osteol. 



Spec. B. M. 68. 

 Kalo Jarai, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 1832, 66. t. 5. f. 5, 346. 



India. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 A young male, with simple horns. Deccan. Presented by 

 Colonel Sykes. Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831. 



There is only one species of Rusa found in the western forests* 

 which is common also to all the heavy jungles of Southern India. 



The horns of different individuals present great diversity of 

 forms. I have met with instances of medial antlers, of trifurcated 

 extremities, and in one case with the extremity showing a four- 

 fold division (see t. 4. f. 1). Elliot, Madras Journ. 1840, 30. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Cervus Aristotelis, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 509. t. 39. f. 10, horns. 



Sambur Horns (gigantic), weight 25 Ibs., circumference above 



burr 10i inches, in middle of beam 8 inches. Zoophilus, India 



