216 MAMMALIA. 



Brown Porcine Axis, Hodgson, Journ. A. Soc. Eeng. i. 346. 

 Hyelaphus porcinus, Gray, Cat. Osteol. E. M. 67 ; Knowsley 



Menag. 64. t. 42; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 

 Cervus Hippelaphus, var. 3, Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 43 (for C. niger}. 



Var. Albino, McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, 150. 

 Hob. India; Plains of Hindostan; Ceylon; Assam and Tarai 

 of the Kemaon Mountains; McClelland. 



Male. India. 



A flat, imperfect skin of young, with horns. Nepal. Presented 

 by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



? A flat skin of female, greyish, with broad dorsal streak ; fur 

 rough; head imperfect. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



A flat skin of female, reddish, with narrow dorsal streak. Ne- 

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



OSTEOLOGY. 



Porcine Deer, Penn. Hist. Quad. t. 19. n. 59, not Buffon, Supp. 



Cervus niger, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 1816, 76. fig. 



Skull of the female. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull, with horns. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Horns, separate. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull, with horns. 



Skull, with horns. India. 



Horns on frontal bone. India. 



Horns, separate. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



Horns, separate. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



Horns, separate. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



Two horns, single, not forked at the tip. 



Skull and horns, var. frontal snag elongated and thick. 



Four pair of horns. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



ICON. 



Hog Deer, Cervus porcinus (head of female). Forster, Icon, 

 ined. B. M. 1. 14, from India. 



Porcine Deer. Hardw. Icon. ined. B. M. n. 10,975. 1. 121 <?, 

 1. 122, head <?, t. 123 ?; n. 10,974 (t. 84). t. 99. 



Drawing of male in winter, and female in summer. Hodgson, 

 Icon. ined. B. M. t. 201. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Drawing of female in young and adult age. Hodgson, Icon, 

 ined. B. M. t. 202. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



The tail bushy and often carried erect. The males and females 

 in summer are reddish brown, with numerous white spots ; the 

 middle of the back rather darker. In winter the whole fur be- 

 comes blackish brown, and the spots disappear. 



The Para live in families or small herds on the plains. They 



