110 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



diminutive species, agreeing even in colour with Hippe- 

 laphus. It may be indeed that the last-mentioned head 

 should be referred to it, and that the height of the shoulders 

 of two feet two inches is not inconsistent with consider- 

 able bulk of body, we having seen individuals of the spot- 

 ted kind little less than the Gangetic Axis in all their 

 dimensions, the length of the legs excepted : but, on com- 

 paring Mr. Pennant's figure with a drawing executed in 

 India, we feel satisfied that both represent the brown 

 variety of the Common Hog-deer, and that the error lies 

 somewhere in the description of Mr. Pennant's specimen, 

 which was kept by the late Lord Clive in a domesti- 

 cated state. 



The Saumer or Black Rusa of Bengal. (Cervus Aristotelis.) 

 This is, perhaps, the largest species of the group resembling 

 the Hippelaphus in the general character, but specifically 

 distinguished by the second antler, commencing only near 

 the summit of the beam, from the inner posterior part, and 

 pointing obliquely to the rear. The burr is very broad and 

 pearled ; the first antler, strong, cylindrical, and straight, 

 stands nearly vertically upon it, measuring ten inches in 

 length ; the beam bends from the back of it, obliquely out- 

 wards, and to the rear, and with a sweep turns its point 

 backwards ; near the summit, or at more than two-thirds of 

 its length, is the second posterior and internal branch, short 

 and pointing upwards. The specimen in the British Mu- 

 seum measures about twenty-three inches, and is very 

 robust and rugous. The horns stand upon a short and 

 broad pedicle ; the face is straight, the nose pointed, the 

 muzzle small, and the suborbital opening is very consider- 

 able. The ears are broad, with white hairs standing up 

 around the orifice; the tail reaches half way down the 

 ham, is black, and well furnished with hair. The neck and 

 throat are covered with long, coarse, dark-brown gray hair, 

 reaching partially over the shoulders, susceptible of being 



