CHAPTER IX 



the hog deer (cervus porcinus) (Burmese, 

 ' Daye '). the barking deer (cervulus 

 aureus vel muntjac) (Burmese, ' Gyi ') 



A brief notice must suffice for each of these 

 little deer, as they are common to both India 

 and Burma. The only difference the writer has 

 been able to detect is that the horns of both 

 species commonly grow both longer and thicker 

 than they do in India. 



The hog deer is very like a miniature 

 sambur. The horns are exactly of the same 

 type. The stag stands about 27 in. high at 

 the shoulders, and has the rounded ears and 

 long tail of the sambur family. In colour he 

 is a reddish-brown. The brow antler grows 

 upwards from the base at an acute angle. The 

 horns average about 15 in. ; but in Burma 

 heads have been shot measuring 23 in. along 

 the outer curve of the horn. The buck looks 

 rather like a rabbit galloping through grass 

 with head held low and stern up. They are 

 chiefly to be found in the wet and interme- 



