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Syn. C. rusa, S. Miiller. 
Rusa hippelaphus (!) apud Gray, Ann. M. 
K H. IX (1852), p. 422.* 
Hab. Java ; not Borneo nor Sumatra ; (the C. 
moluccensis, Quoy, v. C. rusa moluccensis, S. 
Miiller, and C. rusa timoriensis of the Leyden 
museum, as cited by Dr. Gray, are barely 
separable). Introduced into the Mauritius. f 
A. Skull of male (minus lower jaw). B. 
Another (ditto), of a * heaver' or castrated 
animal. (7. D. Frontlets, with very fine 
horns, from Java. All presented by the 
Batavian Society in 1844. E. F. Two fine 
frontlets from Mauritius. Presented by Willis 
Earle, Esq. (not Capt. Clapperton), in 1842 
{J. A. S. XI, 598). G, Skull (minus lower 
jaw), from the Mauritius. Presented by G. 
Hugon, Esq., in 1855 {J. A. S. XXIV, 480). 
H. I. Small frontlets, from Timor. Presented 
by the Curator, in 1858. 
Genus Axis, C. H. Smith. 
490. A. MACULATUS, Gray, (BufFon, H. N. XI, t 38, 
39, F. Cuv., Mamm. Lithog. I, 98, 99). 
Syn. Cervus 'axis, Erxleben. 
A. major, medius, et minor, Hodgson. 
C. nudipalpehra, Ogilby (melanoid variety). 
(Indian ' Spotted Deer' or Chittra), 
Hab. India generally, with Ceylon : unknown 
east of the Bay of Bengal, unless as an 
imported animal. 
A, Stuffed male. Presented by E. Higgin, 
Esq., in 1846. B. Another, castrated. Pre- 
sented by P. Homfrey, Esq., in 1842 {J. A. S, 
XI, 1202). C, Adult female {J, A. S. XI, 
* The Eippehphus of Aristotle is doubtless the Nilgai, as suggested by- 
Mr. Ogilby ; rather than the Samur, as supposed by Cuvier : most undoubtedly 
it cannot refer to the Javanese Kusa, Neither can it be the Capka ^gagrds, 
as arguing by Capt. T. Button (J. A. S. XV, 148). 
t In R TUN JUG the inner prong of the terminal fork to the horn is much 
longer than the outer prong ; being the reverse of what is seen in Axis 
MACULATUS and others. 
