760 LIEUT. R. C. BEAVAN ON THE PANOLIA DEER. [June 27, 



where I have found them and where not. As far as I know they do 

 not occur to the south of Moulmein ; but from within a short dis- 

 tance of Thabyoo Point, the south-western headland of the Marta- 

 ban district, to Sittang, bounded to the eastward by the forest line, 

 they are found in large herds. Again, on the opposite side of the 

 Sittang River, to the south and west of Pegu, they are also found 

 in large numbers. How far they extend in a westerly and northerly 

 direction, from the mouth of the Rangoon River, and in the Bassein 

 district, I do not know ; but I have heard that they are common 

 even as high up as Munneepore. 



" From Pegu to the north they are found in very small parties, 

 the ground not suiting them until you cross the ' Koon ' creek or 

 river, the separating boundary between the Martaban and Thounghoo 

 districts, and from this to within a few miles of Thounghoo they 

 occur in large herds, 



" Sometimes the plains or open spaces between the ' Eng* '-forests 

 will be covered with them, and three or four hundred may be seen 

 at one time. Under these circumstances they are shy and very dif- 

 ficult to approach. Strange to say, although the ground appears 

 quite as favourable for them, I have never seen a single one to the 

 eastward of the Sittang River, north of Sittang. From the above 

 you will see that in habits they are gregarious. During the night 

 and early morning and evening they frequent the plains, and where 

 the forest jungle is not distant they retire into it during the heat of 

 the day. 



" Their food, I imagine, consists of grass. I cannot call to mind 

 having seen more than otie fawn with its mother. 



" The colour of the young, as well as that of the females, is what 

 is termed light fawn-colour. The males are sometimes of the same, 

 and sometimes as dark as the male of the Sambur (Cervus hijapela- 

 phus). I know not if any change takes place in their coats with 

 the change of seasons." 



Colonel D. Brown, Officiating Commissioner at Moulmein, has 

 noticed them to range along both banks of the Irrawaddy, on the 

 proper right bank up to Meanoung, and on the left bank as far as 

 Meaday on the British frontier, N. lat. 19° 40', E. long. 9!)° 20' 

 (approximately). He has also observed them as plentiful at Theeg- 

 wen near Bassein, a few at Padoung opposite Prome, and more 

 sparsely scattered through the Thanawaddy district. 



For most of the following information I am indebted to the courtesy 

 of J. Davis, Esq., Superintendent of Police in the Martaban district, 

 an officer well known for his intimate acquaintance with the Burmese 

 language ; hence his services as interpreter were invaluable when 

 Burmese and Karen shikarees had to be questioned. 



Pioneered by him, early in October last, 1 visited the haunts of 

 the Thamyn near Thatone (a town about forty miles north-west of 

 Moulmein) ; and although, owing to the dense nature of the vegeta- 

 tion covering the plains at that time of year, I was only able to see 



* Dipterocarpus grandi/olia,'Wan.,"\'iood-Oi\-tree," Mason's ' Burraah,' edit. 

 1860, p. 493. 



