Thameng 



197 



spotted on the rump with white ; a more rufous variety is, however, 

 known which is fully spotted in the adult. 



The peculiar curvature of the antlers at once serves to distinguish the 

 thameng, or brow-antlered deer, as it has been called, not only from all 

 other members of the group, but like- 

 wise from all species of the genus. On 

 account of this marked peculiarity it 

 has been referred by many writers to a 

 distinct sub-genus, or genus, under the 

 name of Panolia, but there can be no 

 hesitation in regarding it as a member 

 of the present group. This view was 

 first taken by the late Mr. Edward 

 Blyth, who has been followed by Pro- 

 fessor A. H. Garrod, and most later 

 writers. The skull is of the same 

 general type as in the other two living 

 members of the group, although the 

 premaxillary bones, which form the ex- 

 tremity of the muzzle, are shorter and extend a smaller distance up the face. 



The following dimensions of antlers are taken from Mr. Rowland Ward's 

 Records of Big Game : — 



Fig. 54. — Frontlet and Antlers of Burmese 

 Thameng. (Rowland Ward, Records of 

 Big Game.) 



Length along 

 Outer Curve. 



Circumference. 



Tip to Tip. 



Wi<lest inside. 



Number of 

 Points. 



Locality. 



42 



5 



29 



24 



2-3 



Burma 



39i 



5 



3 1 ! 



35l 



20 



Si am 



38| 



6* 



*5* 



3of 



16-19 



p 



37i 



5f 



20I 



3°l 



5-5 



? 



37 





? 



3ii 





Burma 



36! 



sh 





3i| 



4-3 





35t 



4l 



i9f 



261 



4-3 



55 



34| 



5* 



2 7i 



32 



6-6 



55 



34i 



4 





27 



6-6 



55 



34i 



5 



24 



3^i 



6-6 



55 



34 



Si 



2 3i 



2 9? 



10-10 



55 



Distribution. — Flat alluvial districts in the countries on the eastern side 

 of the Bay of Bengal, extending from the valley of Manipur in the north, 



