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If these excrescences are to be counted as points, it will be very difficult to 
distinguish where they end and the natural corrugations begin ; I have just 
measured a horn which has certainly 11 and possibly 12 points on the left, 
and 7 on the right, and I daresay, a very careful scrutiny might give a total 
of 20 points for the pair, 
For this reason and on account of the peculiar formation noticed above I 
would suggest that all measurements be made right round outside the curve 
from the tip of the brow antler to the extreme end of the main horn, that 
points be not considered, and that this dimension together with the extreme 
Span be regarded as all that is necessary. 
I give below the measurements of three heads taken in this manner :—~ 
MEASUREMENT OF LOWER CHINDWIN THAMIN HORNS. 
Right Horn tip to tip... Mee Bian Reon BO Orge ee cO0 leg raoe 
Left Horn, do, “0 vee sae Boo” GPa 514 v sAGe 
Greatest width across ... ia 260 Bo Pe aR St! 
Circumference above skull ... sci POG SH See 5AM" 
As regards the varying colour I do not feel at all sure that age only is the 
eause of this, though it would be quite natural to expect to find very old stags 
with darker coats than comparatively young ones, 
In this district we have full-grown stags and does of a bright yellowish- 
brown, much the same colour as the barking deer, and we have also the 
Sambur-coloured stags and does. 
All the villagers that I have ever consulted agree that there are certainly 
two kinds, Thamin Wan (yellow), and Thamin Wet (pig), the latter term being 
referable to the brown Thamin, and there seem to be three possible solutions 
of the puzzle of the varying colour— 
(1). Age only; in which case the herds would be mixed, all large stags 
would be brown, and the cause of the change would be so evident that 
villagers would scarcely fail to notice it. 
I have seen some hundreds of yellow Thamin in herds, but on no single 
occasion have I found a brown one with them. I have also shot a yellow stag 
with a much better head than that of a brown one shot a short time 
previously. 
(2). Actual difference of species: this will be the only remaining solution 
if (1) and (8) are erroneous, 
(3). That the darker coat is only the winter coat. 
I am led to believe that this may turn out to be the true explanation owing 
to my failing to find brown Thamin during the hot season, 
I have shot brown fawns, but only in the winter, and in a place where I was 
unable to find a single brown deer during the hot season. 
Captain Richardson mentions that “ the young are often spotted, but this 
soon disappears’; in this district all the yellow deer are spotted very dis- © 
