RARE STAG FROM NEPAL, 



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Cervus ivallichii was described by G. Cuvier (Rech. Oss. Foss. 

 ed. 3, iv. p. 504, 1825*; ed. 4, Vi. pp. 88-89, 1835) from a 

 native sketch, sent to him by Duvaucel, of an animal, one of a 

 pair, according to Blyth, living in the menagerie at Barrackpore 

 and said to have come from Muktinath, north of Dwalagiri in 

 Nepal t. This sketch was reproduced by F. Cuvier & Geoffroy 

 St. Hilaire (Hist. Nat. Mamm. iv. no, 356, 1823), and modifications 

 of it were reproduced subsequently by JardineJ and Hamilton 

 Smith §. 



Text-fig. 66. 



Cervus wallichii. 

 Photograph of Cuvier's figufe of the type-speoimen. 



The main characters of the animal are made clear by the 

 descriptions and figures of the French authors. It was described 

 as dark grey-brown or yellowish grey-brown with pale legs, a 



* I have not seen this edition.— R. I. P. 



f In support of this Blanford (Mamm. Brit. India, p. 538), copying Blyth, cites 

 Hardwicke (Tr. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 581, 1823). Hardwicke, however, does not 

 there state that the stag from Muktinath he identified as ' C. pygargws, Pall.' was 

 the type from which the sketch was taken. The coincidence of the dates, however 

 leaves little doubt on this point. 



X Naturalist st's Library, iii. pi. 10, p. 161, 1835. 



§ Griffith's Animal Kingdom, iv. p. 103, pi., 1827. 



