654 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE [Dec. 9, 
and is now in the British Museum, except that its hair is shorter 
and white spots are disposed in two lines, one on either side of the 
dorsal ridge, from the shoulders to the tail. The skin from the 
Gardens has no white spots; but Cervus dimorphe of Hodgson, also 
in the Museum, and without doubt a male Punolia, shows a few 
scattered spots. 
Fig. 1. 
Cervus eldi. 
a,b, Second year. c. Third year. d. Fourth year. 
Two pairs of my antlers (fig. 1, a & 4) are of animals of about the 
same age; I think, the second year. Both of these have the brow- 
antler, but a postlateral snag only on the left horn. The brow- 
antlers appear to acquire their full proportionate growth at this 
stage, but the growth of the postlateral snag is irregular, The 
beams of the horns lean backwards from their base, and at first 
approach one another, and then, widening their distance apart, they 
curve well forward, the points falling short of the vertical line from 
the long brow-antler tips. ‘The brow-antlers start forward, down- 
wards, and outwards from the base, and curve upwards from the 
middle of their length, their tips inclining inwards ; on a side view 
they form, with the shaft, two-thirds of a circle. 
In a five-year old (fig. 2, p. 655) the postlaterals have lengthened 
and become lateral, and a diminutive snag or two show themselves 
near the points. In a three-year old (fig. 1, c) the beams are spread 
out much more laterally; on the left horn the postlateral occurs 
as a diminutive snag; on the right horn two together, and on the 
right brow-antler, near its base, is also a small snag. 
In another, somewhat larger and probably a year older (fig. 1, 2), 
the postlateral snags are well determined; each brow-antler has a 
small snag near its base, and the points have—the right one two 
snags and the left one one. Then in order comes the five-year old, 
on which I have before remarked. 
Next I have two odd horns of still older animals, differing greatly 
in their curve. The smaller one is thicker, has one good-sized snag 
