CERVULUS. 533 



Kdhar, H. ; Ratwa, Nepal ; Karsiar, Bhot ; Sikhi, Lepcha ; Maya, 

 Beug-. liungpore; Gutra (S , Gufri $, B/wrki, Gond ; Bekra, Bekar, 

 Malir. ; Kdnkari, Kurd-kari, Kond-kan, C/u'di, Can. ; Ktika-gori, Tel. ; 

 Kalai, Katu-ardii, Tarn. ; Well, Hula-mvha, Cing. ; Hugeri^ Assam ; Gyi, 

 Burm. ; Kidang, Malay ; Jimgli-hakn and Jungle-sheep, vulgarly, in 

 Southern India. 



Colour deep chestnut, becoming darker on tlie back and paler 

 and duller below. Face and limbs brownish, a black line along 

 the inside of each horn-pedicel and for .some distance inside the 

 facial rib ; this line in the female ends above in a slight tuft. 

 Chin and upper throat, lower abdomen, lower surface of tail and 

 inside of thighs white ; a whitish mark in front of the digits on 

 each foot. Axils whitish. A dark brown variety has been found 

 near Darjiling by Kinloch, and a still darker form is figured in 

 Hodgson's MS. drawings. Young spotted. 



Dimensions. Height at shoulder 20 to 22 inches ; length of head 

 and body about 35 ; tail, with hair, 7. A male skull measures 

 7 inches in basal length and 2*7 in breadth across the orbits. The 

 horns from the burr (pedicel not included) rarely exceed 5 inches in 

 length, and are generally 2 or 3 inches, on pedicels 3 to 4 long, but 

 horns of 11 inches are said to have been measured. Weight of a 

 male 38 lb. 



Disirihntion. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma on all 

 thickly-wooded hills, never in the plains, nor, so far as I am aware, 

 away from tree-forest. This deer ascends the Himalayas to about , 

 5000 or 6000 feet, and sometimes even higher. It is rare in the 

 Central Provinces and farther to the north-west, but I have luaown 

 it killed near Baroda, and it probably occurs on the Aravalli range. 

 Outside of India it is found throughout the Malay Peninsula, 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and eastward to Hainan, though replaced 

 by C. reevesi in parts of Southern China. 



Habits. The rib-faced deer is a solitary animal, usually found 

 singly or in pairs. It keeps in thick jungle, only leaving the forest 

 to graze on the skirts of the woods or in abandoned clearings. It 

 has a wonderful way of getting through the thickest underwood, 

 and it runs in a peculiar manner with its head low and its hind 

 quarters high ; when not alarmed, as Colonel Hamilton observes, 

 it steps " daintily and warily, lifting each leg well above the grass 

 or leaves." 



The call of this species, from which the common name of 

 '•' barking deer "' is derived, is at a little distance very like a single 

 bark from a dog, and is very loud for the size of the animal. It is 

 often repeated at intervals, usually iu the morning and evening, 

 sometimes after dark, and I have heard it in Burma very late in 

 the morning and again in the afternoon, in the cold x^eather, which 

 is the rutting-season. It is uttered by the animal when alarmed, 

 as well as when calling its mate. 



Elliot and Jei'don state that the tongue is very long and extensile, 

 and this deer often licks the whole face with it. McMaster and 

 Sterndale confirm this. The latter has found that in confinement 



