58 SIR V. BROOKE ON THE DEER OF THE PHILIPPINES. [Feb. 6, 
inches. metre. 
Meneth Ofiear,: Inside’. sare saree pote wav elas 3°2 0:080 
PESTER GOL GAL wrsces tersene. cS «  falore es ered 1:9 0°048 
Length of tail exclusive of hair.......... 3 0°075 
Total length of skull in straight line ..... 9 0°230 
Distance from point of preemaxille to point 
of nasals . Evi xu sane memtr bt tata derma 1°4 0:035 
Length of preemaxillee ee oy eee 18 0°045 
Length Ofenasals soy goss enitons rcsine send apenas 2°5 0064 
From anterior rim of orbit to free extremi- 
mity of premaxitle e552. 2.5 ett. 4°6 0:115 
From upper extremity of nasals to fronto- 
parietal satire nth ..nceta sx Jasin 3°2 0:081 
Across maxille 1" anterior to orbit (PI. 
Keb 6!) <. . ' 3°2 0081 
Across maxille 2! anterior to orbit (Pl. 
iat Elias, -potee T.- <zvepgahemoacs 24 0-060 
Extent of upper premolars.............. LF 0°043 
Extent of upper molars........ Lid 0043 
Extent of lower premolars .. te 13 0°033 
Extent of lower molars ................ 1-9 0°048 
Length of humerus...... 6°6 0°168 
33 MA ee ays Parekh apstavthe Saoereuee To 0°185 
A TAGMUSS “ihichn. behaness acts <x ties 5:5 0°140 
“4 metacarpal cannon bone ...... 4°7 0:120 
x femur 78 0-195 
i tibidyae Garin 8:2 0°205 
- metatarsal cannon “bone. 56 0°140 
Hab. Philippines (exact island ?). 
Comparison with allied species. 
Cervus nigricans in its general external form, crouching Agouti- 
like carriage, short naked ears, flattened and wide face, more closely 
resembles C. alfredi than any known species. In its lighter build 
and uniform dark brown colour it is easily distinguished from C. 
alfredi, which it is spotted at all ages. 
From C. philippinus the new species differs in the form of the face, 
which in C. philippinus is laterally compressed and deep from above 
downwards. The length of the preemaxille and the width across the 
maxillee anterior to the orbits (Plate X. 46’, cc’) bear a very 
different relative proportion to the cranial measurements in the two 
species. In C. philippinus the ears are of fair proportional size and 
externally covered with hair. The colour of the new species is much 
darker than that of C. philippinus. 
It may be useful to mention here that C. porcinus differs from all 
the typical Rusine deer in the possession of large inflated auditory 
bullee, and that C. aristoteles and its representative species C. equinus 
(Malacca, Borneo), C’. swinhoti (Formosa), C. philippinus (Luzon), 
and (?) C. alfredi and C. nigricans differ from C. hippelaphus (Java) 
1 This measurement is taken across the concavity of the ear-conch, and does 
not include that portion of the external ear situated inferior to the opening. 
