ORDER RUMINANTIA. 145 



inches long, uncinated at top with the points turned in- 

 wards, and with a small branch at base pointing forwards : 

 between the ribs, the skin of the face is doubled into a 

 fold, which has the appearance of a third or central rib. 

 The fur is fine and close, of a grayish-brown, paler be- 

 neath ; the breast, inside and anterior face of the thighs 

 are whitish ; the tail is short, dark above and white below. 

 Dr. Horsfield's figure of this animal displays a similar dis- 

 tribution of colours ; and his specimen shewing the summit 

 of the pedicles widened in the form of a rose (which is a 

 sign of age), we presume to be that of an old buck. 



In the collection of Mr. Bullock there was a female 

 which may be referred to this species from the general 

 resemblance and the colours of the fur. It was about two 

 feet high at the shoulder and three feet six inches long. 

 The head above the orbits was square, and the nose taper- 

 ing to a small muzzle ; the body rather heavy and the legs 

 remarkably delicate ; the lachrymary sinus long and very 

 distinct; the head, neck, back, shoulders, thighs, and 

 legs, were dun-gray or a brown and buff intermixed ; the 

 hair white at base, close and fine ; the lips, throat, breast, 

 belly, and inside of the thighs, white; the ears rather nar- 

 row, middle-sized, dusky outside and white within; the 

 tail about three inches and a half long, of the colour of 

 the back ; but on the face there was a mark, which 

 we have not noticed in any other female Muhtjak : 

 it formed a kind of mask, pointed on the forehead, and 

 tapering down towards the nose, the sides spreading above 

 the orbits, where they ended in a bristly and curling kind 

 of eyebrow. The hair of this part was dark, and harder 

 than the rest ; the posterior part of the legs were paler, 

 and the hoofs very small and short. It was an adult, and 

 had been pregnant, for the mammae, disposed in a quad- 

 rangle rather close together, protruded much, and were? 

 of a pale rose colour. 



