CERVUS MUNTJAK. 



following the direction of the prominent sides of the forehead, they unite below, 

 so as to mark the face with the letter V. In the dried subject the folds are con- 

 tracted, and three distinct ribs appear, which have suggested to Pennant the name 

 of Rib-faced Deer : they are carefully represented in the drawing. The face is broad 

 above, and gradually contracted towards the muzzle : at the sides it is bounded by 

 two ridges, between which a considerable depression is observed, corresponding in 

 form and outline to the skull. It is pervaded by two grooves, nearly one-fourth of 

 an inch in depth, which arising opposite to the superior angle of the eye, gradually 

 approach each other. In the middle of the face is a less distinct line; it rises on the 

 forehead, and following the direction of the frontal suture, terminates with the 

 lateral grooves at the lower extremity of the lacrymal sinus. The grooves are lined 

 with delicate hair; their surface is glandular, and affords a peculiar secretion. The 

 muzzle is nearly smooth, slightly tapering, and naked from the commencement of 

 the nostrUs to the tip, wliich is obtuse. The nostrils are lateral, narrow above, 

 slightly curved, broad and rounded at the extremity. The eyes are remarkably 

 beautiful and brilliant, and the irides brown. The lacrymal furrows have the same 

 situation as in the stag, and are of great extent ; they constitute a cavity, or sac, of a 

 semilunar form, of considerable depth, surrounded at the external aperture with a 

 series of bristly hairs, and lodged in a deep corresponding cavity of the skull : the 

 form of this is distinctly exhibited on the Plate of Illustrations. A few straggling 

 delicate bristles are scattered over the face near the nostrils, and over the lower lip 

 and chin. The ears are of moderate size, erect, oval, and internally bordered with 

 a series of beautiful white hairs. The face is marked with two black lines, following 

 the direction of the lateral ridges, and continued along the pedestals to the coronal 

 margins by which they are terminated. The general colour of our animal is reddish 

 brown, but it varies on different parts in its intensity. The specimens belonging 

 to the Museum at the India House have a reddish brown tint, inclining to fulvous ; 

 it is glossy, and more saturated along the highest part of the neck and back ; the 

 sides are lighter, inclining to fawn colour, and the under parts of the abdomen and 

 neck have a tawny hue. The inside of the thighs, the region of the pubes, and the 

 under side of the tail, are white: the chin and lower jaw are whitish. The head 

 and upper portion of the face have a darker reddish brown tint than the back ; 

 towards the muzzle the colour becomes black, with a variegation of gray. The 

 lower part of the thighs and the legs are dark brown, slightly variegated with gray, 

 which tint becomes more saturated towards the extremity ; but a streak of reddish 

 brown extends along the legs posteriorly towards the tarsus, where it becomes dark 

 and blackish. The hoofs have a blueish horny colour; they are elevated and dehcate; 

 the spurious hoofs are minute and distant; the tarsus has a direction obliquely 



