1867.] Captain B. C. Beavan on Panolia eldi. 179 



„A single little snag sometimes shoots out promiscuously from the 

 base of one or other horn, more frequently from that of the brow 

 antler. 



" The length of the horn following the curve is three feet, and that 

 of the brow antler twenty inches. The circumference of the horn is 

 five and a half inches, that of the brow antler five inches, and both 

 together form one extended and uniform curve of four feet and seven 

 inches ; the horns spreading laterally from each other to a distance of 

 three feet, and then approaching at their bases to an inch or an inch 

 and a half. 



u The body in its general symmetry is light, the limbs slender but 

 strong, the hoofs long, black, and pointed ; the head is carried erect ; 

 the tail short and conspicuous in the summer dress, but only appear- 

 ing as a short tuft in the thick winter coat. 



" The coat is thick and dense in winter, longer and coarser on the 

 neck than on other parts, forming a thick but undefined mane of 

 straight, harsh, and coarse hair, five or six inches long in the winter, 

 but in summer the mane is more defined. From the withers the hair 

 becomes shorter, diminishing towards the tail, which in summer is 

 thinly clad, though in winter it is covered with a dense clothing of 

 hair, in common with all the upper parts of the body. On the face, 

 the muzzle, the limbs, and the external ears, the hair is short, close, 

 and compact ; on the lower surface of the chest it is coarse and short ; it 

 is thin, lengthy, and fine on the under-parts of the belly. The inner 

 parts of the thighs and upper and inner parts of the forelegs are also 

 thinly clad. 



" The colour changes from yellowish brown in summer to a brownish 

 grey in winter : during summer, brownish grey prevails on the face 

 and neck, becoming yellowish brown on the upper parts of the body, 

 the backs of the ears, and the upper and outer part of the limbs and 

 the muzzle. The belly, the inner parts of the thighs and the forelegs, 

 the under parts of the lower jaw, the hips, the tail, and adjoining parts 

 of the rump, are white in summer, but the rump and upper parts 

 of the tail partake of the colours of the upper parts of the body in 

 winter. The lower parts of the limbs are light grey, the same also 

 prevails irregularly round the eyes, and corners of the mouth and nose, 

 and lengthy tufts of light grey hair cover the inner surface of the ears.' 



