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white ; the exterior side of the thighs and hind-legs fawn 

 colour. We have not seen this species in the Museum of 

 Paris, excepting, perhaps, the head; but there is a fine 

 one in the Museum of Frankfort-on-the-Mayne, sent there 

 from Brazil : the colouring corresponds, excepting that 

 the tone on the back is more yellow. The proportions 

 of the specimen are heavier than in the two former, the 

 legs being shorter and stronger, and the body more com- 

 pact. A remarkable character is observable in the shape 

 of the fore-arm (radius), which appears to be convex or 

 bent forwards, with the olecranon far back, so as to make 

 that part of the limb unusually broad ; upon the outer face 

 of it there is only a stripe of brown-gray colour, the rest 

 being nearly white. The bones of the extremities being 

 preserved in the skin, and Professor Gratzmer having 

 assured us that the same form obtains in other specimens, 

 it is probable that it forms a character, and the more so as 

 this formation explains the compacter form of the animal. 

 That learned professor had bestowed the name of Simpli- 

 cicornis upon this animal; but as M.F. Cuvier had already 

 appropriated that specific name, we have transferred the pro- 

 fessor's to the former species, where it is equally appropriate. 

 According to D'Azara the female produces two fawns with 

 spotted livery, and its manners are solitary in the woods. 



The Stylocerine Group. 



The last group of the genus Cervus consists of those who 

 have high pedunculated horns ; they all appear to belong 

 to the continent and islands of the Indian Ocean, and to 

 attain but a small stature. The males have long canines 

 in the upper jaw, which protrude beyond the lips, a 

 muzzle, and a deep suborbital sinus ; but their most ob- 

 vious character resides in the elevated pedicles upon which 

 the horns are fixed, the root of which descends in prolonged 

 ridges to near the nose. In the females, who are always 



