1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of SiJchvm. 39 



RUMINANTIA. 



Ceevtts AFFnas, Hodgs. Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 218, p. 251. — Blyth, 

 Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc. No. 480.— Blyth, J. A. S. B., Vol. xxx, 1861, 

 p. 188. 



C. Wallichii, Cuv. apud Blyth, J. A. S. B., Vol. xxiii, p. 736 — 

 Hooker, Him. Jour., Vol. II, p. 214, (wood-cut of horns). 



This animal must be expunged from the list of mammals found in 

 Sikkim and, consequently, has no right to appear in Jerdon's Mammalia. 

 After much enquiry hi the country, I am satisfied that it is not found in 

 Silvkim at all, nor yet in that portion of the Chumbi valley which is near 

 the Sikkim frontier. I could not hear of its occurrence in the country 

 north of Sikkim, and I am inclined to believe that its range is entirely 

 eastern. 



This opinion, at which I had arrived quite independently, (for I had 

 not looked at the paper in J. A. S. B., 1851, Vol. xx, p. 388, until after 

 writing it) entirely confirms Mr. Hodgson's account of the animal's range. 

 I think Dr. Jerdon must have overlooked this paper, or he would scarcely 

 have given the animal so inappropriate an English name as the Sikkim Stag. 

 Captain Elwes was especially desirous of obtaining a pair of the horns, and 

 enquired aboirt them from the people who came to meet us with the Sikkim 

 Raja. All declared that this Stag is only found at a considerable distance 

 beyond Chumbi. Mr. Hodgson, 1. c. p. 392, learned that it only occurs as 

 a straggler in the Chumbi valley, that it is unknown in Northern Butan, and 

 that the region inhabited by it is entirely Tibetan. 



Moschus moschifeetjs, L. — Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 224, p. 266. — • 

 Hooker, Him. Jour., Vol. I. p. 269. 



The musk deer occurs, but is not common on the Chola range ; it is found 

 much more frequently in the upper Lachen and Lachdng valleys. 



Pbocapea picticatjdata, (Hodgs.). Blyth, Cat. Mam. No. 534, p. 173, 

 Hooker, Him. Jour., p. 157, and wood-cut, p. 139. 



Hooker records 1. c. his having seen both this animal and the Chiru 

 (Kemas Hodgsonii) at Lake Cholamu. I did not hear of it in Sikkim, nor has 

 it, so far as I am aware, been met with. The Suba of Kambajong, as men- 

 tioned in the first part of these notes, brought a fresh skin to Kangra Lama. 



Kemas Hodgsonii, (Abel). Blyth, Cat. Mam. No. 535, p. 173. 



Antilope Hodgsonii, Hooker, Him. Jour., Vol. ii, pp. 132, 156, and 

 wood-cut, p. 157. 



Hooker found the horns of the Chiru. near Momay Samdong in the 

 Lachung valley, and saw the animal at Cholamu Lake. The Tibetans assured 

 us that it is not now found within a long distance of the frontier, and appear- 

 ed greatly surprised when we told them it had been seen by Hooker. It 



