238 MR. P. L.SCLATER ON ANIMALS IN THE MENAGERIE. [Mar. 7, 



Its appearance did not alter during the winter ; and it is quite evi- 

 dent that, like the Axis, this species has no winter coat, but retains 

 the same dress all the year round. 



On the 13th of November last this animal shed his antlers, which 

 I now exhibit. It will be seen that they are of a very simple cha- 



Fig. 3. 



Cast antler of Cervus aljredi (half the natural size). 



racter, consisting of a short stout beam, which throws off an anterior 

 snag about an inch and a half above the base, and then, slightly 

 curving backwards and then forwards, separates into two small 

 branches. Their total length is about six inches. 



The new pair of antlers, now just grown, are hardly longer, and 

 very similar in form, the snags, which are worn down in the 

 present pair, being rather more developed. It would appear, there- 

 fore, that the animal is nearly adult ; but whether this be so or not, 

 it is quite evident that Cervus alfredi differs materially from 

 Cervus accis, in which, even in the second year, the antlers attain a 

 very much greater length of beam. 



24. Cervus pudu (Mol.). (Plate XVII.) 



The male Cervus pudu, of which I gave a notice in the Society's 

 'Proceedings' for 1864 (p. 105), is still living in the Society's 

 Gardens, and annually developes a diminutive pair of antlers. I 

 exhibit those shed in 1869 and 1870, which are probably the 



