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J)niK, from which, however, it differs in the characters oi the 

 antlers, the absence of clefts on the front-pasterns, and the 

 fuller union of the hind-hoofs by means of an interlingual 

 web. 



The range is restricted to Peninsular India and Ceylon. 



I. CERVUS (AXIS) AXIS. 



Cervus axis, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim. p. 312, 1777 ; F. Cuvier, 

 Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. i, pis. 102 and 103, 1819; H. Smith, 

 Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, p. 117, 1827 ; /. B. Fischer, 

 Synop. Mamm. p. 451, 1829; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim., 

 Mamm. p. 172, 1842 ; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 17 ; Brooke, 

 ibid. 1878, p. 906 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. 

 R. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 203, 1884 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. 

 Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 181, 1891; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, 

 Mamm. p. 546, 1891 ; LydekJcer, Horns and Hoofs, p. 289, 1893, 

 Deer of All Lands, p. 179, pi. xiii, 1898, Great and Small Game 

 of India, etc. p. 220, 1900, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 233, 

 1907; Nitsche, Studien ilber Hirsche, p. 94, 1898; Bentham, 

 Asiat. Horns and Antlers Ind. Mus. p. 80, 1908 ; Ward, Records 

 of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 68, 1910. 



Cervus (Axis) axis, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v, 

 p. 312, 1827; LydeMer, Cat. Hume Bequest Brit. Mus. p. 38, 

 1913, Ward's Records of Big Game, ed. 7, p. 70, 1914. 



Cervus nudipalpebra, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 136. 



Axis maculatus,* Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, pp. vi 

 and 167, f pi. xiii, 1835 ; Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 178, 



1843, List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 66, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, 

 p. 233, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 212, 1852, Cat. Ruminants 

 Brit. Mus. p. 80, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 152, 

 1873 (maculata) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 262, 1862 ; Jerdon, Mamm. India, p. 260, 1867 ; Fit zing er, 

 Sitzber. Jc. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. Ixx, pt. i, p. 264, 1874; 

 Sterndale, Mamm. India, p. 506, 1884 ; Percy, Big Game 

 Shooting (Badminton Libr.}, vol. ii, p. 264, 1894. 



Axis major and minor, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. x, 



p. 941, 1841. 

 Cervus (Hippelaphus) axis, Sundevall, K. Svenslta Vet.-Ali. Handl. 



1844, p. 180, 1846. 



Hyelaphus maculatus, Fitzinger, Sitzber. It. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 



vol. Ixx, pt. 1, p. 259, 1874. 



Axis nudipalpebra, Fitzinger, op. cit. p. 270, 1874. 

 Axis (Axis) axis, Pococit, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 948. 

 Axis axis, Wroughton, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. xxi, 



p. 1193, 1912; Cabrera, Cat. Met. Mam. Mus. Madrid, p. 130, 



1912; Dodsworth, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. xxii, 



p. 748, 1914. 



* Or maculata. 



f Misprinted aculattts in text. 



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