CERVUS MUNTJAK. 
fractures and irregularities which, from long continued use, appear in the other speci- 
mens. The first grinder in the upper jaw is not yet developed ; it appears partially 
at the margin of the jaw ; the other grinders are very perfect, and crowned with 
elevated sharp points, not in the least degree worn by mastication. In the lower 
jaw the points only of the three anterior grinders appear at the margin of the jaw, 
and, judging from their projection, they were, during the life of the animal, almost 
entirely concealed by the gums. The slenderness of the pedestals gives them the 
appearance of greater length than in the adult ; but being brought into actual com- 
parison, I found them somewhat shorter. The lateral ridges are comparatively little 
prominent, and the anterior excavation of the skull is inconsiderable, 
A drawing of the skull of the Gervus Muntjak, or Kijang, published in the 
year 1811, by Mr. Marsden, in the Third Edition of the History of Sumatra, exhibits 
the skull of the animal with horns of the first growth ; and the following statements 
will tend to shew, that no reasonable doubt can be entertained of the fact, that the 
drawing was made from a specimen which is now deposited in the Museum of the 
Royal College of Surgeons of London. In the year 1792, Mr. Marsden received 
from the Resident of Bencoolen a drawing of the Sumatran Kijang, made by 
Mr. William Bell, well known by the account of the Sumatran Rhinoceros, which 
is contained in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1793. At the same time 
Mr. John Hunter also received a collection of osteological preparations from the 
same gentleman, who had been his pupil : among these was contained the skull of 
the male Kijang, provided with horns and tusks, having precisely the character 
of Mr. Marsden's figure. The only notice winch accompanied the drawing was 
its representing the skull of the Sumatran Kijang, and its having been made 
by Mr. Bell; and the result of my inquiries on this subject is confirmed by 
Mr, Marsden's opinion, that it is in the highest degree probable that the skull which 
he sent to John Hunter's Collection, was the identical specimen which he had thought 
deserving of being figured. I have accordingly united the Cervus moschutus of 
Dr. De Blainville, which was founded exclusively on the skull above mentioned, con- 
tained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, with the Cervus Muntjak. 
It is also necessary, by a few concise remarks, to state my reasons for giving, in the pre- 
ceding references, the name of the Cervus subcornutus of Dr. De Blainville, as a synonym 
of the Cervus Muntjak. The Cervus subcornutus was established, with the Cervus 
moschatus, from a cranium in the Hunterian Collection ; and as Dr. De Blainville 
has with great caution observed, that both species should be admitted only provi- 
sionally, I have extracted from the Bulletin des Sciences his original description, 
