236 EUsiN^. 



throughout Bunnah to Siain, and the Malaj^an peninsula. It is the 

 Thamin or Te-min of Burmah. Hodgson asserts that he obtained it from 

 the sal forest of the Nepal Morung, where called Gour and Ghos, and 

 he also gives another name Seving. He was most probably deceived by 

 his shikarees who brought him the animal, and it will be observed that 

 that the name Seving is probably a mispronunciation of the Burmese name. 

 The name Ghas is also probably the same as the Ghous, by which the 

 Samberis called in Dacca and eastern Bengal. The horns of dimorphe, as 

 described by Hodgson, are considered by Blyth to be " abnormal as deve- 

 loped in captivity." 



Gen. EtrsA, Ham. Smith. 



Char. — Horns vrith one basal and one upper tine, thick, dark and rugose. 

 Muffle large ; eye-pits large and reversile ; no feet pits. Of large size. 

 Canines in the upper jaw in both sexes ; the males heavily maned. 



This genus is spread over the Indian region from the Himalayas to the 

 Philippine islands. 



220. E.usa Aristotelis. 



Cervus apud Cuvier. — Blyth, Cat. 488. — Figured F. Cuvier, Mammif. 

 1, 104 and 3, 93. — C. hippelapJms, C. equinus, and C. Leschenaultii, 

 Cuvier. — C. niger, Blainville.* — C. jarai and C. heterocercus, Hodgson. 

 C. saumur, Ogilby. — Sambar, H. and Mahr. — Jarai and Jerrao, in the 

 Himalayas. — Mdhd, in parts of the Terai. — Me'ru, Mahr, of the Ghats. — 

 Ma-ao, of Gonds. — Kadavi or Kadaha, Canarese. — Kannadi, Tel. — Ghous 

 or Gaoj, in Eastern Bengal ; the female, Bhalongi. 



The Samber Stag. 



Descr. — Horns with a basal antler springing directly from the burr or 

 base of the horn, and pointing forwards, upwards and outwards, the beam 

 bifurcating at the extremity, a snag separating posteriorly and poinding 

 obliquely to the rear. Color dark brown, in summer somewhat slaty ; 

 the chin, limbs within, tail beneath, and irregularly marked patch on the 

 buttocks pale yellowish, or orange yellow; neck and throat with long 

 hair, forming a sort of mane ; tail moderately long. Female and young 

 dusky olive-brown, lighter than the buck. 



• I think it donbtful whether this name was originally given to a Rusa or A\ts, V. H. Smith ; 

 Grifflth'B Cnyier, Vol. IV., p. 114, 



