102 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



The range includes low alluvial tracts, from the valley 

 of Manipur in the north, southwards through Burma and 

 the Malay Peninsula, and eastwards to southern Siam, 

 Cambodia, the island of Hainan, and Formosa. 



The three following races have been named : 



A. Antlers with the main termination not markedly 



flattened, few snags on hind edge, and the 

 brow -tine long. 



a. Under surface of hind-pasterns hairy C. e. eldi. 



b. Under surface of hind-pasterns horny C. e. frontalis. 



B. Antlers with the main termination markedly flat- 



tened, numerous snags on sharp hind edge, 



and the brow-tine short C. e. siamensis. 



A. Cervus eldi eldi. 



Cervus eldi typicus, Lydelcker, Deer of All Lands, p. 200, 1898, Game 

 Animals of India, etc. p. 253, 1907; Ward, Eecords of Big 

 Game, ed. 6, p. 77, 1910, ed. 7, p. 58, 1914. 



Typical locality Pegu, Lower Burma, whence the range 

 apparently extends southwards into the Malay Peninsula. 



General characters those of the species. 



Antlers from the Malay Peninsula and Mergui are stated 

 by Bly th to be smaller than those from Manipur and Burma, 

 frequently" with two or three additional snags on the brow- 

 tine, which may indicate the existence of a distinct race in 

 the Xovifehern districts. 



According to a writer in The Indian Meld,* the Burmese 

 recognise three distinct types of thamin stags, severally 

 termed wet-thamin ( = pig-thamin), chywe-thamin ( = buffalo- 

 thamin), and nwa-thamin ( = cow-thamin). In the first the 

 colour is dark drab above, with a narrow dark spinal stripe, 

 and an abundant throat-ruff; the second is a taller and more 

 slender stag, without a throat-ruff; while the third is still 

 more slight and graceful in build, lighter in colour and 

 spotted, with a softer coat, and smaller antlers. These 

 differences are probably due mainly to age. 



45. 1. 8. 126. Frontlet and antlers. Locality unknown. 

 Presented ly B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1845. 



45. 1. 8. 127. Frontlet and antlers. Locality unknown. 



Same history. 

 * Vol. xvii, p. 60, 1910. 





