^42 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE [June 14, 



preorltitiil glands :is moderate in size ami mobility and S-sliaped, 

 the pedal iijlands as large but iloubtt'ully present on all four feet; 

 and added that the metatarsal gland is posterior and external. I 

 am indebted to Sir Claud Alexander. I5t., F.Z.8., for the front and 

 hind feet and the niask of a freshly killed Stag from Scotland. 



The preorbital gland resembled that of C. marcd, except that 

 the oritice, when closed, formed a long slit, lightly concave 

 upwards and inclined obliquely at a very obtuse angle to the long 

 axis of the aperture of the eye. 



The feet also were very like those of the Caucasian species, 

 except that the horny heels of the front hoofs were united below 

 the strong cutaneous heel-tie and a larger area of the dee}) portion 

 of the interdigital depression was very scantily clothed with short 

 hair. On the hind foot the depression, as in C. inaraL was con- 

 .siderably dee})er and was divided by a transverse l)ridge into a 

 smaller upper portion and a larger lower portion, both better 

 marked than in that species. 



Cervus (Cervis) canadensis Erxl. 

 (The Canadian Wapiti.) 



The glands of this .species resemble in all essential respects 

 tho.se of C. elaphus and C. maral. 



In an old male that died in tlie Gardens the orifice of the 

 preorbital gland was inclined at an obtuse angle to the axis of 

 the ocular aperture; the pocket was deepAvith nearly naked walls ; 

 the skin of the bottom at its dee})est pai-t just in front of the 

 orl)it was veiy thin, the thickest pai-t being close to the orifice, 

 especially on its anterior side. The secretion, which was very 

 dry, smelt like green gra.ss just beginning to decay. 



The metatar.sal gland consisted of thickened skin completely 

 covered with hairs, which Avere white at the base and clogged with 

 secretion smelling like a pen of Domestic Sheep. 



The feet in section were very like tho.se of C. elaphus and 

 C. maral, except that the depression on the front of the jiasterns 

 was .shallower and the nail of the hoofs shorter. The heels of 

 the front hoofs were separated as in C maral, not united as in 

 the example of C. elaphus examined. 



According to Hodg.son, the Hangul or Ca.shmere Stag {Ceri'us 

 cashmiriaims), which he quotes as C. iraUichii, and the Shou 

 Cervus affiiiis) agree with C elaphics in their cutaneous glands. 



Ceuvus (Pseudaxis) sika Tennu. (Japanese Deer.) 

 (Text-fig. 12i).) 



Two young male examples, al)out eighteen months old, agreed 

 closely in a general way with C. maral and C. elaphus, except that 

 the preorbital glands were much less develojied, the infoKling being 

 comparatively »piite .shallow. The metataisal gland was marked 

 by a lai-ge elliptical white patch, consisting for the most part of 



