CERVUS MUNTJAK 
following the direction of the prominent sides of the forehead, they unite below, 
so as to mark the face with the letter V. In the dried subject the folds are con- 
tracted, and three distinct ribs appear, which have suggested to Pennant the name 
of Rib-faced Deer : they are carefully represented in the drawing. The face is broad 
above, and gradually contracted towards the muzzle : at the sides it is bounded by 
two ridges, between which a considerable depression is observed, corresponding in 
form and outline to the skull. It is pervaded by two grooves, nearly one-fourth of 
an inch in depth, which arising opposite to the superior angle of the eye, gradually 
approach each other. In the middle of the face is a less distinct line: it rises on the 
forehead, and following the direction of the frontal suture, terminates with the 
lateral grooves at the lower extremity of the lacrymal sinus. The grooves are lined 
with delicate hair; their surface is glandular, and affords a peculiar secretion. The 
muzzle is nearly smooth, slightly tapering, and naked from the commencement of 
the nostrils to the tip, which is obtuse. The nostrils are lateral, narrow above, 
slightly curved, broad and rounded at the extremity. The eyes are remarkably 
beautiful and brilliant, and the irides brown. The lacrymal furrows have the same 
situation as in the stag, and are of great extent ; they constitute a cavity, or sac, of a 
semilunar form, of considerable depth, surrounded at the external aperture with a 
series of bristly hairs, and lodged in a deep corresponding cavity of the skull : the 
form of this is distinctly exhibited on the Plate of Illustrations. A few straggling 
delicate bristles are scattered over the face near the nostrils, and over the lower lip 
and chin. The ears are of moderate size, erect, oval, and internally bordered with 
a series of beautif id white hairs. The face is marked with two black lines, following 
the direction of the lateral ridges, and continued along the pedestals to the coronal 
margins by which they are terminated. The general colour of our animal is reddish 
brown, but it varies on different parts in its intensity. The specimens belonging 
to the Museum at the India House have a reddish brown tint, inclining to fulvous ; 
it is glossy, and more saturated along the highest part of the neck and back ; the 
sides are lighter, inclining to fawn colour, and the under parts of the abdomen and 
neck have a tawny hue* The inside of the thighs, the region of the pubes, and the 
under side of the tail, are white : the chin and lower jaw are whitish. The head 
and upper portion of the face have a darker reddish brown tint than the back ; 
towards the muzzle the colour becomes black, with a variegation of gray. The 
lower part of the thighs and the legs are dark brown, slightly variegated with gray, 
which tint becomes more saturated towards the extremity ; but a streak of reddish 
brown extends along the legs posteriorly towards the tarsus, where it becomes dark 
and blackish. The hoofs have a blueish horny colour ; they are elevated and delicate; 
the spurious hoofs are minute and distant ; the tarsus has a direction obliquely 
