1869. ] CERVINE ANIMALS OF HAINAN. 657 
third pair (fig. 5) to an animal of, say, five years.. They all have 
brow-antlers and a postlateral snag below the point of the main beam. 
The youngest pair incline away from one another at a very slight 
angle, being 37 inches apart at the base and 7 inches between the 
upper forks; the points stand 8 inches apart. The right horn mea- 
sures 133 inches in length, the left horn 123. Their circumference 
Fig. 4. 
Sambur from Hainan. 
a. Two years old. 4. Three years old. 
Fig. 5. 
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Sambur from Hainan: (Five years old.) 
at base of beam is 5}, at middle of beam 33, he brow-antler 
inclines outwards, and measures from the cleft 13 inch; the post- 
lateral snag a little inwards, and measures from its cleft 1 q3. the 
point from upper cleft 33. From the brow-cleft to base of horn is 
33, and the bony pedestal below is high, and inclines. forwards and 
