Thameng 201 



the island of Hainan which he regarded as intermediate between those of 

 the Burmese and Siamese races, but which were identified by Mr. Blyth in 

 the same paper with the latter. As they show the same flattened extremi- 

 ties, with extra snags, there appears no sufficient justification for separating 

 them from the present race. Mr. Swinhoe describes the Hainan specimens 

 to which some of these antlers belonged as showing two lines of white spots 

 on each side of the back. The British Museum possesses three flat skins 

 from Hainan, sent by Mr. Swinhoe. One of these is an adult in summer 

 pelage, and displays faint traces of spots all over the back and sides. The 

 second belonged to a half-grown animal in the shaggy winter coat, and has 

 little or no trace of spotting. The third is that of a very young fawn, in 

 which faint indications of spots are discernible on the hind-quarters. 



The male specimen from Hainan forming the subject of plate xv was 

 presented to the London Zoological Society in 1895 by Mr. Julius 

 Neumann, 1 and was fully spotted when I first saw it, soon after the 

 assumption of the winter dress, as it also was in December, when its colour 

 was foxy red, quite unlike that of the Burmese race. In February 1898 the 

 fringe on the throat had become very long and dark-coloured, with a distinct 

 white gorget. The head-keeper of the Gardens informed me that the 

 summer pelage was also spotted, with the ground-colour of a bright rufous. 



It therefore appears that, with present material, the Hainan representa- 

 tive of this deer cannot be separated from the Siamese race. And as the 

 Hainan form frequently shows more or fewer spots on the skin, it is presumed 

 that the same will hold good with specimens from the mainland. The 

 slight degree of spotting on the very young skin in the British Museum is 

 a notable feature. A thameng at Woburn Abbey with a bright red, 

 although unspotted, winter coat, would seem to belong to this race. 



Distribution. — Southern Siam, Cambodia, and the island of Hainan. 



4. The Siwalik Swamp-Deer — Cervus sivalensis {Extinct) 



Cervus sivalensis, Lydekker, Palceontologia Indica {Mem. Geo/. Si/rv. 

 Ind.), ser. 10, vol. i. p. xvii. (1880), Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mas. part ii. 

 p. 104 (1885). 



1 See Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 520 ; the specimen is there stated to be from South China, but it 

 is labelled Hainan in the Gardens. 



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