CERVUS MUNTJAK. 
shew themselves in three distinct lines. These characters are represented with care 
and accuracy on the Plate of Illustrations which is added to this Number : one view 
exhibits, laterally, the naked skull, the other the anterior appearance of the head, 
covered with the integuments : the general outline of the skull agrees with that of 
the Cervus Elaphus, its peculiarities shew themselves in the following points. 
Near the upper extremity of the nasal bones, about three inches from the end of the 
muzzle, a rising commences on each side, forming a prominent ridge, rounded above, 
compressed and somewhat irregular at the sides, having nearly the dimensions of a 
small finger, and being continued on the outer margin of the skull, so as to constitute 
the base of the pedestal of the horns. A depression of the nasal bones, about three- 
fourths of an inch in breadth, intervenes between these two ridges at their origin, 
from which they gradually diverge, following the direction of the skulL Thus they 
continue, gradually increasing in size, until they have passed the orbits of the eye, 
where they enlarge by a lateral swelling, constituting an outer and inferior margin. 
Their form here is irregularly angular, being broader above, and having an even 
outer and inferior margin. They diverge now more abruptly from each other in a 
lateral direction, but in their ascent preserve the obliquity of the line bounding the 
skull above. Having passed the limits of the skull, they assume a cylindrical, some- 
what compressed form, and constitute, on each side, a pedestal three inches in length, 
which hi its whole extent is covered with m teguments and hair, and at the extremity 
is crowned with a notched margin or burr, supporting the horns. 
The surface of the skull, between the lateral ridges, is considerably excavated. 
The depression is deepest about an inch above the nasal bones. The frontal bones 
are united by a middle suture, extending to the nasal suture, in the direction of 
which, the skull has a gently rounded rising. This suture corresponds to the middle 
rib of the forehead, while the depressions on each side are calculated to receive the 
two lateral folds or ridges. All the sutures appear distinct on the surface, and agree 
with those of the other species of Cervus. The depressions for the reception of the 
lacrymal furrows are very extensive, and correspond to the remarkable size of these 
organs in our animal. The os unguis has a short, compressed process at the anterior 
margin of the orbit. The entire length of the cranium is nine inches. The length 
of the pedestal, from its origin at the orbit of the eye to the coronal margin, is five 
inches and one-fourth. The pedestal and horns together have a length of ten inches. 
The canine teeth are inserted into the jaw at its junction with the intermaxillary 
bone, to w hich they are applied for the space of half an inch. From a large and 
compressed base, which is obliquely fixed into the jaw, they are gradually attenuated, 
being curved in form of an arch, and tending at the same time obliquely outward. 
