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the metatarsal gland is indistinctly visible as a light patch. 

 In 1890 the Museum received the Basilan specimen, 

 No. 90. 7. 25. 3, which from the comparatively small size 

 of the antlers, is probably immature ; and the only noticable 

 difference between this specimen which is undoubtedly the 

 same as C. steerii and the type is that in the former the 

 front and outer side of the lower portion of the legs is 

 slightly darker, and shows no distinct light gland-patch. 

 As mounted, it measures 25J inches at the shoulder, and 

 27 inches at the rump. In its relatively high rump it 

 accords with Brooke's " crouching aguti-like carriage " of the 

 type ; and from comparison with the latter, there can be 

 little or no doubt that both belong to the same race, the 

 nearly naked ears being a conspicuous feature in common. 



85. 4. 22. 1. Skull and skin, female. Philippines, 

 probably Basilan. Type. The animal was living in the 

 London Zoological Gardens in 1870 ; and on its death the 

 present specimens passed into the collection of Sir Victor 

 Brooke, Bart. Presented ly Sir Doiiylas Brooke, Bart., 1885. 

 85. 4. 22. 3. Skull and antlers. Basilan ; collected by 

 A. H. Everett, Esq. Purchased, 1885. 



85. 4. 22. 4. A similar specimen. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



15. 4. 22. 5. Another similar specimen. Same locality 

 and collector. Same history. 



90. 7. 25. 3. Skin, subadult, mounted. Basilan ; col- 

 lected by E. L. Mosely, Esq. Purchased, 1890. 



L. Cervus unicolor nig-ellus. 



Rusa nigellus, Hollister, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xlvi, p. 332, 1913. 



Typical locality Mount Malindang, at a height of 

 8,000 feet, Mindanao Island, Philippines. 



Type in U.S. National Museum. 



Much smaller than the common Mindanao C. u. fran- 

 cianus, and apparently nearly related to C. u. nigricans, but 

 with smaller skull and cheek-teeth and conspicuous face- 

 markings. General colour dark blackish brown, with two 

 transverse golden brown bands on face, one a little above 

 muffle and the other across forehead ; lower lip whitish ; 



