1877.]  stR V. BROOKE ON THE DEER OF THE PHILIPPINES, 5] 
4. On the Deer of the Philippine Islands, with the Description 
of a new Species. By Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., 
F.ZS. 
[Received January 22, 1877. ] 
(Plates VIII.-X.) 
With perhaps the exception of the Simple-horned Deer of South 
America comprising the subgenus Coassus, there is no group of 
existing Cervidee concerning which our knowledge is so inexact and 
so fragmentary as that relating to the small Rusine Deer of the Phi- 
lippine Islands. With the desire of remedying this defect as far as 
possible, I have for some years paid particular attention to the 
subject, and during several visits to Continental Museums have 
enjoyed (thanks to the great courtesy of their conservators) ample 
Opportunities of studying the materials bearing upon it which they 
contain. 
I regret that the result of my investigations is not more satisfac- 
tory ; and it is solely in the hope that an exposure of the nakedness 
of the land may attract the attention of future naturalists travelling 
in the Philippines to the subject that I venture to lay the following 
notes before the Society. 
CEeRVUS PHILIPPINUS. (Plate VIII.) 
1820. Cerf des Philippines, Desm. Mamm. p. 442, note 1. 
1821-24. ——, Cuy. Oss. Foss. (ed. ii.) vol. iv. p- 46. 
1827. Cervus philippinus, Ham. Sm. Griff. An. Kingd. vol. iv. 
p- 147, vol. v. p. 33. 



1844, » Sund. Pee. in Kongl. Vet. Handl. 1844, p. 179. 
1855. —— —_, Puch. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 2nd ser, tom, vii. 
p- 49. 
1857. —— ——, Puch. Rev. et Mag. Zool. tom. ix. p. 481, 
pl. 15, 
1866. Cervus mariannus, Fras, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 367. 
Description.—Adult male. Hair of moderate length and rather 
harsh. General colour rich ruddy brown, darkest on the back and 
lightest on the neck. Forehead and cheeks rufous fawn-colour ; 
dark (almost black) streaks commence over each eye, and, blending 
together, form a band running down the centre of the face, which is 
separated from the dark moustache-like mark bordering the muzzle 
by a narrow track of pale fawn-colour. Breast and belly uniform 
brown, Tarsal gland plainly marked by a rufous spot. Ears of 
moderate size, covered externally by short close-set hair. Horns 
remarkably rough and massive; a powerful long brow-antler, and 
one short tine directed inwards. Height at shoulder about 27", 
Skull, Total length 11-3. Anteorbital fossa very deep, suddenly 
pressed in anteriorly to the orbit, and occupying the entire facial plate 
of the malar. Facial portion of skull compressed laterally, and deeply 
from above downwards, 
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