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Description of a new Deer. 



prevails on the face and neck, becoming yellowish brown on 

 the upper parts of the body, the backs of the ears, and 

 the upper and outer part of the limbs and the muzzle. The 

 belly, the inner parts of the thighs and the forelegs, the 

 under-parts of the lower jaw, the hips, the tail, and adjoining 

 parts of the rump, are white in summer ; but the rump and 

 upper parts of the tail partake of the colours of the upper 

 parts of the body in winter. The lower parts of the limbs 

 are light grey, the same also prevails irregularly round the 

 eyes, and corners of the mouth and nose, and lengthy tufts 

 of light grey hair cover the inner surface of the ears. 



Of the habits all we know is communicated by Capt. Eld, 

 page 415, of the second volume of this Journal. It is only 

 found, says Capt. Eld, in the valley of Moneypore, and has 

 not yet been seen either in Cachar or in the Kubo valley. 

 This information is confirmed by the testimony of Capt. 

 Guthrie; but Mr. Inglis, as already stated, seems to have 

 been aware of its existence in the Kasyah hills, but in what 

 part, or at what elevation, or whether he saw it himself, or 

 merely referred to a knowledge of its existence in these hills 

 on the part of the natives, I am unable at present to say. 



So much of the foregoing description as relates to the 

 character of the species, has been drawn up without re- 

 ference to the observations of Captain Eld, on the living 

 animal. The hair about the neck, Captain Eld describes, 

 in the cold weather as very thick and shaggy, like a horse's 

 mane, and when suddenly roused in their native haunts, the 

 whole contour is so commanding and formidable, that the 

 boldest elephants refuse to approach them, and the com- 

 manding effect of their presence is increased in the winter 

 by the strong smell which at this season proceeds from their 

 bodies, perceptible at forty yards distance. In June, he re- 

 marks, they commence shedding their horns, and changing 

 their coats of thick shaggy hair for a light glossy summer 

 chesnut coat, in which their beautiful symmetry is admirably 



