90 Elaphine Group 



In one or the two sketches the tail is relatively long, whereas in the other 

 it is comparatively short. 



The following dimensions of antlers of this species are taken from Mr. 

 Rowland Ward's book ; the first two in his list being omitted, as it is 

 doubtful whether they are rightly named. 



Length along Basal „,. Greatest Width 



,:T n rv 7 Tip to Tip 



Outer Curve. Circumference. r 



inside. 



54l 6| 2 if 371 



534 6| 26! 44 



53i 6| 30 45 | 



53 9 ? 40 



52 8 ? ? 



4 8| 6-1 i 9 | 3 8i 



+7? 5l 2 °s 4°i 



43l Si 2 3| v 35 



With the exception of three, all the specimens in this series have five 

 points on each side ; in the exceptions, one antler in each has five points, 

 while on the opposite side the number of points is respectively four, six, 

 and seven. 



Distribution. — Apparently the district lying to the north of Bhutan, 

 and probably the valley lying to the east of the Chumbi valley, and drain- 

 ing northwards into the valley of the Sangpo. 



Information is urgently required as to the coloration and habits of this 

 magnificent deer, which has never been exhibited alive in any European 

 menagerie, if, indeed, it has been seen alive by European eyes. Brian 

 Hodgson had, however, either a skin or a specimen in the flesh, and it 

 is possible that a deer formerly living in the Viceregal menagerie at 

 Barrackpoor, near Calcutta, may have belonged to the species. With 

 regard to the scientific name adopted for this species, the words of Mr. 

 Blanford may be quoted, which are as follows: — "The animal to the 

 figure of which, by Duvaucel, Cuvier gave the name of C. wallichii lived 

 in the Barrackpoor menagerie, and was said to have been brought from 

 Muktinath, near Mount Dwalagiri in Nepal. This place is as nearly as 

 possible half-way between the localities inhabited by C. cashmirianus and C. 

 affinis respectively. It is difficult to believe that any large deer living in 



