fii^O CAPT. T. HUTTON ON HIMALAYAN BATS. [Jlllie 4, 



5. Cervus savannarum. (Plate LIX.) 



Cervus savannarum, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 785. 



For some years we have had in our Gardens representatives of 

 two nearly allied species of American Deer belonging to the group 

 of Cervus virginianus. One of these has always been called Cervus 

 mexicanus ; the other, which was left undetermined in the last edition 

 of the 'Catalogue of Vertebrates' (p. 49), I have until recently termed 

 Cervus virginianus. Lately, however, I have convinced myself that 

 the latter species has been wrongly named, it being much smaller than 

 the true C. virginianus of N. America, and of the same size as C. mex- 

 icanus, and after some investigation have come to the conclusion that 

 it is probably referable to the southern form of C. virginianus, which 

 Cabanis has named Cervus savannarum. 



Our male of this Deer, received March 13, 1868, was in fine con- 

 dition in the spring of this j 7 ear ; and I now exhibit a drawing of 

 him (Plate LIX.) by Mr. Keulemans. In winter, when the horns are 

 shed, this Deer is very similar to Cervus mexicanus ; but in summer he 

 is readily distinguishable by the fine red colour of his fur and the 

 three forward snags on his horns, as in C. virginianus. Cervus mex- 

 icanus, so far as I know, never attains more than two forward snags. 



On tbe 15th of February last we purchased a Deer which seems 

 to be the female of this species ; so that we now have a pair of them. 



6. Crax incommoda, sp. nov. 



I propose to give this designation in the new Catalogue of Verte- 

 brates to a Curassow purchased of the Jardin d'Acclimatation of 

 Paris on the 25th of May 18/0. It is a female, but of a species 

 unknown to me, and different, so far as I can make out, from 

 any of those mentioned in the recently published "Synopsis of the 

 Cracidce" by Mr. Salvin and myself. It most nearly resembles the 

 female of Crax daubentoni *, but is readily distinguishable by the 

 narrow white transverse undulations of the upper plumage, and the 

 pale flesh-coloured legs. The tail is tipped with white, as in C. 

 daubentoni ; and the bird is of about the same size. 



I hope to be able to give a figure of this bird, and of the other 

 species of true Crax, in a paper which I am preparing on the subject 

 for the Society's ' Transactions.' 



4. On the Bats of the North-western Himalayas. By Capt. 

 Thomas Hutton. With Notes and Corrections in No- 

 menclature by Prof. W. Peters, C.M.Z.S. (Communi- 

 cated by Mr. F. Moore f.) 



[Received May 14, 1872.] 



Of the Bats hitherto procured in the north-western hills, four 

 or rive appear to be identical with European forms. There are, 



* See P. Z. S. 1870, p. M6. 



t The specimens of Bats described in this paper were presented to the India 

 Museum, London, in July 1871, and were, together with the Memoir, forwarded 



