102 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



The range includes low alluvial tracts, from the valley 

 of Manipur in the north, southwards through Burma and 

 the Malay Peninsula, and eastwards to southern Siam, 

 Cambodia, the island of Hainan, and Formosa. 



The three following races have been named : — 



A. Antlers with the main termination not markedly 



flattened, few snags on hind edge, and the 



brow-tine long. 



a. Under surface of hind-pasterns hairy C e. eldi. 



h. Under surface of hind -pasterns horny C. e. frontalis.] 



B. Antlers with the main termination markedly flat- 



tened, numerous snags on sharp hind edge, 



and the brow-tine short C, c siamensis. 



A.— Cervus eldi eldi. 



Cervus eldi typicus, Lydelil-er, Deer of All Lands, p. 200, 1898, Game 

 Animals of India, etc. p. 253, 1907 ; Ward, Records of Big 

 Game, ed. 6, p. 77, 1910, ed. 7, p. 58, 1914. 



Typical locality Pegu, Lower Burma, whence the range 

 apparently extends southwards into the Malay Peninsula. 



General characters those of the species. 



Antlers from the Malay Peninsula and Mergui are stated 

 liy Blyth to be smaller than those from Manipur and Burma, 

 frequently with two or tliree additional snags on the brow- 

 tine, wliich may indicate the existence of a distinct race in 

 the southern districts. 



According to a writer in The Indian Field,* the Burmese 

 recognise three distinct types of tliamin stags, severally 

 termed wet-thamin ( = pig-thamin), chy we-thamin ( = buffalo- 

 thamin), and nwa-thamin ( = cow-thamin). In the first the 

 colour is dark drab above, with a narrow dai'k spinal stripe, 

 and an abundant throat-ruff; the second is a taller and more 

 slender stag, without a throat-ruff; while the third is still 

 more slight and graceful in build, lighter in colour and 

 spotted, with a softer coat, and smaller antlers. These 

 differences nxe probably due mainly to age. 



4:"), 1. 8. 126. Frontlet and antlers. Locality unknown. 

 Presented hj B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1845. 



45. 1. 8. 127. Frontlet and antlers. Locality unknowii. 



Same Ms/ori/. 

 * Vol. xvii, p. 60, 1910. 



