Thameng 195 



brought from Siam in the year 1868. The chief point of distinction from 

 the preceding species is the shortness of the beam of the antlers below the 

 bifurcation, added to which is the frequent forking of the brow-tine, and 

 the generally greater complexity of the antlers. 



The following dimensions of antlers of this species are recorded by Mr. 

 Rowland Ward, all the specimens except the fourth being in the British 

 Museum : — 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Circumference. 



Tip to Tip. 



Wiliest inside. 



Number of 

 Points. 



3°i 



5 



I 



33 



IO-IO 



29i 



5* 



23I 



26| 



9 -8 



29I 



4f 



28f 



3i| 



IO-I 1 





si 



1 1 



29I 



1 1-9 



27! 



3 8 



14 





9-8 



2 7t 





1 81 



24¥ 



7-8 



With regard to the name C. cambojensis, Dr. Gray wrote as follows : 

 " On re-examination I am inclined to believe that the forehead and horns 

 brought by M. Menhot from Cambojia, and named Cervulus cambqjensis , are 

 only irregularly developed horns of this species. The horns are short, thick, 

 nearly straight, with a short, thick, recurved branch on the upper part of 

 the front side near the base ; and on one of them there is a somewhat 

 similar callosity on the hinder side at the same level." The name " cambo- 

 jensis " is the earlier, but since the species is said to be an inhabitant of 

 Northern Siam, and to be unknown in Southern Siam and Cambodia, this 

 appears to afford a sufficient bar to its employment. 



Distribution. — The northern districts of Siam. 



Two specimens only, both of which were stags, have been exhibited in 

 the London Zoological Gardens, one received in 1873 and the other in 1880. 

 The female appears to be unknown ; and there seems to be no record of the 

 habits of the animal in the wild state. 



3. The Thameng — Cervus eldi 



(?) Cervus smitliii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, P- 45- 

 Cervus eldii, Guthrie (see Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 837), Calcutta 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 417 (1842). 



