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7. A white area inside the forelegs, extending downwards, even 

 to the knee. 



8. A white area under the chin and on the upper throat 

 (extending sometimes even to the breast) not sharply defined pos- 

 teriorly, but gradually darkening into the belly colour. 



I have been able to distinguish four forms within our area, which 

 may be arranged in a key as follows : — 



A. Grizzling not extending backwards beyond the shoulders. 



a. General colour tawny ochraceous 



(Tenasserim) ... ... ... grandicornis, Lyd. 



h. General colour bright chestnut 



(Bengal, Assam) ... ... vaginalis, Bodd. 



B. Grizzling extending backwards over the back. 



a. General colour ochraceous buff 



(Dekhan) ... ... ... aureus, H. Smith. 



h. General colour hazel (Coorg) ... malaharicus, s^. n. 



1. Afuntiacus grandicornis, Lyd. 



1904. Cervulus grandicornis, Lydekker. Field, OIV., p. 780. 



Size rather large, about the same as in muntjah of Java, larger 

 than the Indian forms. 



General colour above " tawny ochraceous," rather darker in the 

 centre of the back, below scarcely paler than the flanks. Individual 

 hairs dull pale brown at the base, the basal portion not paler than 

 the rest. 



Dimensions :— Head and body, 1,020 to 1,050 ; tail, 180 to 200 ; 

 hindfoot (including hoof) 280 to 295; ear, 100 to 105. Skull:— 

 Condylo-basal length, 210 to 215; cheek teeth, 56 to 61. 



Type localitij. — The species was formed on a skull with exception- 

 ally fine horns, the skin was not known until the receipt of these 

 specimens. The skull was obtained by Mr. D. H. Allen, of the 

 Forest Department, in the Thoungyen Forest, Amherst District. 



This series of specimens is a very fine one, comprising 20 

 individuals, of which 7 ( c? 4, $ 3) are fully adult. 



M. grandicornis extends northwards i30 the Lower Ohindwin 

 but not eastwards to Siam. 



2. Muntiacus vaginalis, Bodd. 



1785. Gervus vaginalis, Boddaert, Elench. Anim. I., p. 136. 



1833. Gervus ratwa, Hodgson, As. Ees. XVIIL, pt. 2, p. 139. 



1844. Gervus stylocerus, Wagner, S.S.S. IV., p. 392. 



Most unfortunately we have no specimen of the Bengal Muntjac 

 to guide us. The original description says " basal half of hairs 

 white, terminal half brown, the general effect is grey washed with 

 brown " (free translation). This conveys to me a somewhat paler 

 animal than ratwa. I have been hesitatino' for some time over this 



