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anterior and posterior bi'anches ; the former, occupying almost the 

 position of the trez in tlie normal antler, is stout, 15 inches long, 

 evenly curved upwards and outwards and two-tined, one tine 

 being short and forwardly directed, the other, which is terminal, 

 being long and lightly curved upwards, backwards and inwards. 

 This branch may be described as an attempt at a reduplication 

 of a normal beam. The posterior branch is thinner than the 

 anterior and ascends with an even cvirvature upwards, outwards 

 and then inwards, to terminate in two tines, an external which 

 is merely a short bud, and an internal which follows the line 

 of the beam without showing any marked inward inclination, 

 although it clearly corresponds to the inwardly inclined terminal 

 tine of the left antler. 



Judging from their small size and asymmetry, these antlers 

 may be decadent ; but, if so, the left antler has suffered less 

 than the right from that process and less than those of the 

 type specimen of C. wallichii described above. Still I do not 

 think it safe to infer that this left antler resembles that of a stag 

 of this species in full vigour. The possibility, however, must be 

 borne in mind. 



Of the exact geographical area inhabited by G. wallichii we 

 have at present no trustworthy information. The type of the 

 species in the Barrackpore menagerie was said by Hardwicke 

 (Tr. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 581, 1823) to have been brought from 

 Muktinath, away to the north of Dwalagiri in Central Nepal. 

 The example now in the Gardens was presumably in captivity in 

 ISTepal, since it was presented to King George by the Maharajah 

 of that country (see note below). 



The only other Stag, known to me, which seems to belong 

 to this species is the one which Mr. Lydekker identified from a 

 photograph as C. affinis (P. Z. S. 1909, p. 599, fig. 182). This, 

 too, was a captive animal and was alleged to have come from 

 Sikhim. I judge from the size of the rump patch that this stag 

 belongs to G. toallichii. Mr. Lydekker described the colour 

 as " very like that of the Hangul with a large white rump- 

 patch." This seems to be correct so far as the size of the 

 rump-patch is concerned ; but if the colour of the body was 

 inferred from the photograph, the inference is untrustworthy 

 since the camera is notoriously deceptive in accurately indicating 

 the diflfei'ences between dark and light tones * (text-fig. 69). 



* [Note added June 1st, 1912.] — ^While this paper was in the printers' hands 

 Mr. Lydekker wrote to the ' Field' (May 11th, 1912), on hehalf of Col. J. Manners- 

 Smith, to say that the Stag represented by the photograph above discussed is the 

 same individual as the one presented to the King by the Maharajah of Nepal. The 

 history of this animal was recorded by Col. Manners-Smith in the ' Field,' July 31st, 

 1909, p. 239. It came from the upper reaches of the Saupo Valley, close to Lake 

 Mansarowar, where it was captured as a fawn, and was in its second j'^ear in 1909. 

 It is tlierefoi'e in its fifth year at the present time, and is not, as I supposed, an old 

 animal. That the colour was the same three years ago as now may be inferred from 

 Col. Manners-Smith's reference to it as " very light." As regards the distribution 

 of the species, reports stated that the deer was plentiful in various places in Western 

 Tibet, near the source of the Brahmaputra River, the hills north of Mount Kailas, 



