68 DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF 



believe, daily, though Sterndale doubts this ; it certainly 



travels long distances to its .drinking-places at times. The 



rutting-season is about October and November. 

 Dyak name ' Rusa.' Kayan name ' Payoh.' 

 Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Niah (C. Hose). Mount 



Dulit, 2,ooo-ft. (C. Hose). Ridan River (E. Cox). 



FAM r LY T RAG U LI IXE. 

 GENUS T i; AG U L U S. 



TRAGULUS NAPU. 



Tra^i^iilns napii^ A. Milne-Edw. An. Sci. Nat. (5) ii, p.p. 

 106, 15.S, pi. ii, fig. 2, pi. viii. 



A naked tract on the throat, the tarsus naked behind, 

 and the tail long as in T. jaraiiiciis. Size larger. 



Colour — Upper parts yellowish or rufous-brown, sides 

 greyer. Hair on back light brownish orange with black tips, 

 no subterminal pale ring. On the sides the basal portion of 

 the hair is whitish. Forehead and nape b'acker, but the 

 borders of the black area ill-defined. Lower parts white, 

 generally a brown median line on the breast, the chest and 

 lower abdomen white and an intermediate tract brownish. 

 Throat and fore neck brown, with 5 white bands more or 

 less distinct, a median band on the chest and two oblique lines 

 on each side in front on the throat. The white lines often 

 become blended together. Rump rufous : tail brown above, 

 white below. 



Dimensions. — Height 13 inches, nose to root of tail 2<S, 

 tarsus and hind foot 5"6 to 6, tail 5. I have been unable to 

 obtain the measurements of an adult skull ; those of the 

 figure in Milne-Edwards's paper are : — extreme length 4-5 

 inches, basal length 4, breadth VQt^ but these are probably 

 small. 



Dyak name, ' Plandok,' Kayan name ' Planok.' 



This little deer has been known to kill chickens in the 

 poultry yard, and carry them away into the jungle. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Niali River (C. Cox). 

 Mount Dulit, 2000-ft. (C. Hose). 



TRAGULUS JAVANICUS. 



Tras^iilus jaTanicus^ A. Milne-Edw. t. c. pp. 103, 157, 

 pi. ii, fig. 1. 



A naked glandular area beneath the chin, between the 

 rami of the mandible ; tarsus naked behind throughout, carpus 

 almost naked behind. Tail Ion<T. 



