1840.] Museum of the Asiatic Society. 523 



Sp. Cervus Bara-Singha. The twelve an tiered Deer. 

 A Skull and Horns. 

 The present species is the Bara-Singha, or twelve antlered Deer of 

 Indian sportsmen. The species is, perhaps, as I have assumed it to be, 

 new to science; and it seems to be intermediate between the Elaphine 

 and Rusa groups. The bifurcation, and rebifurcation of the horns, 

 with the single antler below, is somewhat similar to that of the Cervus 

 macrotis of the North-west of the United States, but in other res- 

 pects the horns differ. 



No. 94. Sp. Cervus. ? 



A pair of Horns. 

 A pair of distorted horns, according to a label attached to them, 

 " cast by the Elk at Allipore, 15th February, 1833, W. Bell." What 

 the animal here called an Elk really was, is doubtful, especially as the 

 horns are distorted. They appear like those of the Bara-Singha. 

 ""I Sp. Cervus porcinus. The Hog Deer. 

 ' ' > Horns and part of the Skull. 



J No. 96 a pair of Horns. 



-\ Sp. Cervus . ? 



No 97 



Q£* >A pair of Horns y distorted, probably cast by a Deer 



J kept in confinement. 



No. 99. Sp. Cervus pocinus. The Hog Deer. 



A single Horn. 



No. 100.~\Sp. Cervus axis. The spotted Axis Deer. 



1 1 . J Horns of the A xis. 



The pair No. 101, covered with the skin. 



"| Sp. Cervus hippelaphus. The great Rusa Deer, 

 N °' !m r Skull and Horns. 



J No. 103 Horns only, but covered with skin. 



In Griffith's Synopsis, the name of Baren-Singha (Bara-Singha per- 

 haps) is given as a Hindi synonym of this Deer, but it is evidently a 

 mistake, for, in India it is called Saumer ; and there are two Deer so 

 called, which differ much from each other, one black, the other red, 

 and the latter much larger than the former. The present species is 

 the great Axis of Pennant, 



