Thorold's Deer 91 



Northern Nepal could have escaped the knowledge of Hodgson's collectors. 

 The shed horns of the type specimen of C. wallichii are preserved in 

 Calcutta, and have been figured ; they are probably, according to Mr. W. L. 

 Sclater, of the third year, but whether they agree better with those of 

 C. cashmirianus, or C. ajfinis, of the stag of Eastern Turkestan, or of any 

 other species, is undecided." 



There is, therefore, a great probability that what Cervus wallichii really 

 was will never be determined, although I have a suspicion that it was the 

 same as the present species. If this prove to be the case, the name affinis 

 will have to be superseded. 



5. Thorold's Deer — Cervus albirostris 



Cervus albirostris, Prezewalski, Catalogue of Zoological Collections of PL. M. 

 Prezewalski, p. 16, no. 36 (St. Petersburg, 1887). 



Cervus dybowskii, W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. lviii. p. 

 186 (1889), nec Taczanowski, 1876. 



Cervus thoroldi, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 444. 



(?) Cervus nariyanus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xx. p. 292 

 ( 1 8 5 1 ) ; see Blanford, op. cit. p. 447. 



Plate V 



Characters. — Size approximately the same as that of the hangul. 

 Antlers much flattened, with no bez (second) tine, and five or four points, 

 the brow-tine arising a considerable distance above the burr, the trez nearly 

 in the same plane with the tines above it, and the succeeding tine (third in 

 this species, but representing the fourth in those with the bez developed) 

 longer than either of the others ; the beam suddenly bent back at the 

 origin of the trez-tine. Tail short, and the caudal disk of moderate size 

 and embracing the whole tail. Ear half as long as the head. Hair on 

 middle of back reversed, so as to be directed forwards towards the neck, 

 and the muzzle, chin, and lips white. General colour of pelage (season 

 unknown) uniformly dark brown, with the hairs minutely speckled, and 

 scarcely paler on the under-parts than above ; caudal disk pale ochry buff, 

 without any white below the tail ; inner surface of ears whitish, and, as 

 already said, pure white on the muzzle, lips, and chin. Metatarsal tuft 

 very coarse, and situated nearly in the middle of the cannon-bone. 



