902 SIR V. BROOKE ON THE [Nov. 19, 



ever, now, as then, unable to substantiate this opinion satisfactorily, 

 owing to insufficiency of material. 



6. Cervus nigricans. 



1877. Cervus nigricans, Brooke, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 57, pis. 9, 10. 



Hab. Philippines (exact locality?). Type, in my own collection. 



7- Cervus alfredi. 



1870. Cervus alfredi, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 381, pi. 28. 



1877. , Brooke, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 59. 



Hab. Philippines (Luzon ?). Type, Brit. Mus. 



8. Cervus kuhli. 



1839-44. Cervus kuhlii, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bez. Zool. 

 p. 223, pis. 44, 45. figs. 12-14. 



Hab. Bavian Islands. Type, Mus. Leyden. 



This species was originally described by Miiller from specimens 

 collected by Diard in the Bavian Islands, to which locality the 

 species, as far as is at present known, is confined. The auditory 

 bullae in Cervus kuhli are largely inflated. By this character the 

 skull may be distinguished from that of any of the Rusine deer with 

 the exception of C. porcinus. The skull of C. kuhli differs from 

 that of C. porcinus in having the facial portion anterior to the orbits 

 much more compressed, and the orbits much more prominent. 

 C. kuhli has proportionally much longer limbs than C. porcinus ; 

 and all the hairs of the back and sides are annulated in the former 

 and not in the latter species. The young of C. kuhli are unspotted, 

 which is not the case with those of C. porcinus 1 . Both species are 

 devoid of upper canines. 



9. Cervus porcinus. 



1777. Cervus porcinus, Zimm. Spec. Zool. Geogr. Quadr. p. 552, 

 sp. 6. 



Range. British India, Ceylon, Burmah. 



10. Cervus lepidus. 



1844. Cervus lepidus, Sund., Pec, Vetensk. Akad. Handl. p. 180, 

 sp. 14. 



Hab. Java ? Type, Mus. Frankfort 1 



This is a very doubtful species. Some years ago I saw the type 

 in the museum at Frankfort ; and it appeared to me to closely 

 resemble Cervus sika. Upon the occasion of my last visit to 

 Frankfort I sought in vain for the specimen, and much fear that it 

 has been destroyed. 



« Vide Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 224. 



