KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDUNGAR. BAND 57- N:0 2. 55 



Skull raeasurements of M. m. curvostylis: 



d 9 9 9 



Greatest lengtli 189,1 mm. 199,0 ram. 187,0 mm. 192,0 mm. 



Condylobasal length 177,7 187,5 » 178,7 182,5 



Basilar length 165,5 173,6 165,0 169,0 



Zygomatic width 80,8 78,1 84,1 



Least interorbital width 45,1 42,0 38,5 > 46,5 



Length of nasals mesially 51,5 52,0 51,1 • 45,0 



Length of frontals mesially 78,2 77,6 75,0 77,1 



Breadth of palate between last molar 33,6 28,7 30,0 > 29,8 » 



Distance between lachrymal notch to tip of 



premaxillare 99,0 105,0 - 100,0 > 102,0 



Length of upper cheek teeth 55,7 ■ 58,0 57,1 » 55,6 



Cervus unicolor equinus. Cuv. 



$ Hat Sanuk, near the boundary between Siarn and Tenasserim, 27 /i 1915. 



The Malayan Sambar is generally distributed över the whole country and may be 

 found as well in the low-lying country as among the hills and mountains, though perhaps 

 more common in the latter. 



During daytime it niost often keeps to verv thick forests, and on account of the 

 tangle of vegetation the opportunities for a shot are seldom met with. 



During niy jonrney in Northern Siarn I several times both saw or heard Sambars 

 rushing off at my approaching, but I never came to a shot. 



In the parts of the Siamese Malaya visited by the Expedition Sambars were very 

 common indeed and thej f occurred both among the mountains along the Tenasserim 

 börder and in the country near the shores of the Gulf of Siarn. 



At the neighbourhood of Hat Sanuk I shot a fine female specimen on the 27th of 

 January. On that day I was to hunt seladangs but unfortunately found no fresh 

 tracks. When we made a short rest in an evergreen jungle one of my native frackers 

 started to imitate the voice of a young Sambar. The note was immediately answered 

 by a deer which in full galopp went right up to us and was shot. 



Cervus eldi platyceros. Gray. 



According to the statement of European residents in Chieng Hai, Thamins were 

 said to be not uncommon on the great swampy plains surrounding this small town. The 

 natives in the neighbouring villages also told me that it occurred on several places at 

 the outskirts of Chieng Hai. I myself, however, never came across this deer, nor did 

 I see any tracks which could with certainty be stated as belonging to that species. 

 At the surroundings of Meh Lua I, however, observed several tracks which may have 

 been made bv the Thamins. 



