CERTUS. 



547 



Axis major cnicl minor, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x, p. 914 (1S41), no 

 descriptious ; xvi, pp. 691, 711 ; xvii, pt. 2, p. 486. 



Axis maculata, Gratj, List Mam. B. M. p. 178 (1843) ; Kektarf, 

 Prod. p. 82 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 530 ; B/i/th, Cat. p. 152 ; 

 Jerdon, Mam. p. 260. 



Chital, Chitru, Jhdnk, H. ; Chatidah, Bhdgalpur ; Boro khutii/a, 

 Beng., Rungpore ; Buriya, Gorakhpur ; Liipt, Kars, Gond ; Ddrkdr, 

 Korku; Pasta, Ho-Kol ; Sdning, Sdraga, Jati, Mil'ka, Can. ; Diipi, Tel. ; 

 Pali-mnn, Tani. Mai. : Tic Midia, Cing. 



Fig. 178. — Skull and horns of Cervus «,r?s (horns after Forsj'th). 



Size moderate. No mane. Molars very hypsodont. Muffle as 

 in C. unicolor. Tail long, pointed. Interdigital glands in hind 

 feet only {Hodgson). Upper canines generally wanting (Hodgson 

 states that he has found them in both sexes). Horns normally 

 with three tines, a brow-antler which joins the beam at rather less 

 than a right angle, and two upper tines of which the outer is 

 always much the longer. Sports or irregular points in the axil of 

 the brow-tine very common ; few fine horns are without them, but 

 other additional points are rare. 



Colour rufous fawn, spotted throughout the body with white at 

 all seasons and all ages, A dark dorsal stri])e from nape to end of 

 tail, bordered by a single or double row of \^hite spots on the back. 

 Low down on the sides the white spots sometimes blend into a 



