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Dimensions of the horns, in inches, together with some others, 

 which I quote for comparison : — 



25'. 



No. 1 is the upper one in the illustration, and is the one 

 described in this article- It was obtained within 10 miles of the Tenas- 

 serim boundary. No. 3, the lower one illustrated, is in the possession 

 of Dr. Malcolm Smith and was obtained in the same Province of 

 Ratburi though probably south of where I shot No. 1. 



Nos. 2 and 4 are the only heads which Rowland Ward records 

 from Siam: — No. 2 in the possession of Mr. J. H. Thurston and 

 No. 4 in that of Mr. A. Waley. 



K. G. GAIRDNER. 



June, 1914, 



No. III.— DISTRIBUTION OF THE " LAMANG " DEER 

 ( OERVUS ELDl PLATYCER08. ) 



In his paper on the Fauna and Flora of Ratburi and Petchburi, 

 which appeared in Vol. [. No. I. of this Journal, Mr. K. G. Gairdner 

 writes: "At present two Cervidae only a.ve known from this district, 

 the Barking Deer {Certndus muntjac) and the Sambar (Cervtcs unico- 

 lor).'' To these must be added Cervus eldi, known in Siam as the 

 " laniang " and in Burma as the " thamin," which Mr. Gairdner has 

 apparently not come across in the district referred to. The Siamese 

 variety of this deer is a distinct race, known as G. eldi platijceros. it 

 undoubtedly occurs, or was found until recently, in Ratburi Province. 

 On the 29th March 1908, in the neighbourhood of Chawm Bung, a 

 swampy plain having an area of about three square miles, approx- 

 imate Lat. 13° 40,' Long. 99° 35,' in the Muang of Ratburi, I came 

 across a herd of six, including a fawn. The latter was about the size 

 of a three-quarter grown Barking Deer. It separated at first from 

 the herd, which when first seen was aboub 200 yards off, and came 



