108 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



It inhabits Bengal, Java, Sumatra, and other great islands 

 of the Indian Archipelago, residing in the jungle, and 

 often on the islands in the great rivers of the country. 

 Captain ^Williamson {Oriental Field Sports, vol. ii.) in 

 the article Hog-Deer, speaks of a red deer with very large 

 branching horns growing to the size of a small cow, 

 chiefly found in the Jungleterry district, and both fierce and 

 powerful. 



The Gona Rusa. (Cervus Unicolor. Nob.J If a still 

 stronger resemblance in the form of the horns were to 

 have directed the name, this species might have claimed 

 that of the Great Axis. There is, however, a difference in 

 their being less rugged, more slender, and of a paler 

 colour. We describe it from a drawing of the late Mr. 

 Daniell, who says, that it is known by the name of Gona 

 in Ceylon, and is the largest species on the island, sur- 

 passing the Stag of Europe in stature. According to the 

 figure, the horns stand on a rather elevated pedicle, di- 

 verging from the head, with a basal antler near the burr, 

 forming a curve forward, and the points inward of con- 

 siderable length, but slender : half way up the beam, there 

 is a short second snag, directed inwards ; the ears are broad 

 and pointed, the muzzle black and broad ; there appears 

 a smaller suborbital opening than in the former, and the 

 forehead is covered with dark hair ending in a point be- 

 tween the eyes. The throat is loaded with long bristly 

 hair, but no mane on the lower part of the neck ; the tail 

 is only a few inches long without tuft at the end ; and the 

 shoulders are more elevated than the croup. The whole 

 animal is of an uniform dark-brown colour ; the female is 

 smaller but similarly coloured. This species resides in 

 the Jungle and the deepest forests of Ceylon, and is said 

 to be very bold and fierce. 



The position of the second antler on the inner face of the 

 horn, the absence of mane on the neck, and the height of 



