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females colour lighter at all seasons ; young fully spotted with 

 white. The ears are filled internally with long white hairs ; 

 and the naked portion of the muzzle is slaty. Good antlers 

 measure from 34 to 41 inches along the outer curve, with a 



FIG. 18. HEAD OP SWAMP-DEER (Cervus [Rucervus] duvauceli). The 

 nearly continuous sweep formed by the brow-tine and the beam is a 

 feature in which this head approximates to the Thamin. 

 From Lydekker, Proa. Zool. Soc. 1899. 



basal girth of from 4J- to 6, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 

 20 to 43 inches. 



The range is restricted to India, not extending eastward 

 of the Bay of Bengal or to Ceylon. Along the foot of the 

 Himalaya it embraces the tract from Upper Assam in the 

 east to the Kyarda Dun west of the Jumna, Assam, a few 

 localities in the Indo-Gangetic plain from the Eastern 



