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point, but as I have said above the receipt of the specimens from 

 the Upper Chindwin, which so closely resemble rahva, has_ decided 

 me to accept that species as representative of vaginalis. The 

 following is a description of the Nepal animal : — 



Size rather smaller than muntjak or grandicornis . General colour 

 above "cinnamon rufns," the flanks scarcely paler than the back. 

 Below paler. Individual hairs pale at their bases. 



Dimensions. — Measurements of size not available, but hindfoot 

 (incliTding hoof) 260 to 270. Skull :—Oondylo-basal length, in 

 an adult buck, 187 ; cheek teeth, Ql. 

 Seven specimens from Nepal examined . 



So far as can be judged from the material available M. vaginalis 

 occupies Lower Bengal and Nepal spreading through Sikkim to the 

 Upper Chindwin. 



3. Muntiacus aureus, H. Sm. 

 1827. Gervus aureus, Hamilton Smith, Griff. Cuv. An. King, 



8, p. 148. 

 1844. Gervus albipes, Wagner, S.S.S. IV, p. 294. 

 1873. Gervulus tamulims, Gray. Handlist Mamm. B.M., p. 165. 

 Size medium. ,, 



General colour above " clay colour " tinged with " ochreous, 

 darker in the middle of the back, the grizzling on the back of the 

 neck extending backward along the back. Below still paler. 

 Individual hairs greyish-white at the base. ., , ,^ 



Dimensions -.—Head and body, 975 to 995 ; tail, 150 to 160; 

 hindfoot (including hoof), 280 to 290 ; ear, 100 to 105. Skull :— 

 Oondylo-basal length, 175 to 180 ; cheek teeth, 57 to 60. 



This species was named on a stuffed specimen from an unknown 

 locality but the description and coloured plate are unmistakable 

 and ootid apply to no other species. G. albipes, Wagn was de- 

 scribed from '' Bombay and Poona." G. tamulicus I feel sure was 

 meant by Gray for the next form (or one closely allied to it). He 

 had no actual specimen, but a letter from Elliot describing it as 

 " deep chestnut, becoming browner as the animal grows older 

 Gray however, selected a skull and described it. It is still m the 

 National Collection, and is one collected by Sykes in the Dekhan. 

 , I have examined 7 specimens, obtained by the Survey, including 

 cj 2, 2 2, adult specimens. 



M. aureus occupies the Dekhan and extends eastwards through 

 the Central Provinces to Kumaon. 



4. Muntiacus malaharicus, sp. u. 

 Size larger than either vaginalis or atoreus, but doubtfully as 

 large as grandicornis. ^ 



General colour above between " raw sienna " and " tawny {i.e , 

 " deep chestmit," as described by Elliot, in extract quoted above). 



