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distinct from C. psendaxia. Also C. hoHulorum (Swinhoo) may bo the same 
species. The buck in its summer coat (September) is described. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1805, p. 1. 
'' Cervus ivallicliii, C. sika, C. hmmliSj C, taivanus, and C. rusa, fig. in Zoolog. 
Sketch, by Wolf and Sclater, vol. ii. 
4 Itusa paradoxa. Dr. Brehm has described under this name as a new species 
a Deer said to be from the Mascarene Islands, and probably identical with 
that of Mauritius (Bilder u. Skizzen, p. 18, with a woodcut). [This is evi- 
dently the Indian Cervus rusa, stated by Mr. Blytli to be introduced into 
Mauritius from Java, Ibis, 1862, p. 92.] 
Cervus peronii. M. Pucheran states that F. Cuvier’s statement of the oc- 
currence of this species in Timor is erroneous, and that the typical specimen 
was obtained on the Indian continent. Rev. et Mag. Zool. xvi. p. 376. 
'4 Cervus sp. ? M. G. Claraz has attempted to identify the JEquus hisulcus of 
Molina : he is inclined to regard it as a species of Tapir ; but M. de Saussuro 
informs us that the pieces of skin sent to him as being from this animal belong 
to a species of Cervus. Whatever the animal may be, it appears to inhabit 
South America, from the Straits of Mngellan to 26° 30' S. lat. Rev. et Mag. 
Zool. xvi. pp. 241-248. [We refer to an article by Philippi on this subject, 
Wiegm. Arch. 1857, pp. 135, 136.] 
"^Aniilocapra. Mr. Bartlett has, from observation of a male 
Prongbuck living in the Zoological Gardens in Regent^s Park, 
established the highly interesting fact that this species differs 
from the other hollow-horned ruminants in shedding its horns 
periodically. The new horns attain to a considerable size within 
the hollow portion of the old ones, and are at first soft and 
covered with long hair. The shedding of the horns probably 
occurs annually. In the animal under observation the horns 
were scarcely 3 inches long in January; in July they were 
fully formed and measured 8 inches ; they were cast on the 
7 th of November, the new horns being then about 4 inches 
long, and on the 28th of the same month the latter had grown 
to a length of 6 inches. 
The fact, however, has been noticed before ; thus, for instance, 
by Dr. Weinland (Zool. Gart. 1863, p. 255), who incidentally 
speaks of it as of an abnormal formation ; and more explicitly by 
Hr. Martin (ibid. 1864, p. 254), who regarded the old shed horn, 
still adhering to the top of the new one, as the new horn which 
would grow downwards to the base of the frontal bone. 
Mr. Bartlett is inclined to believe that Antilocapra antefiexa 
(Gray) has been founded on an individual with the horns de- 
formed. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 718. 
The specimen living in the Zoological Gardens has been figured by Dr. 
Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pi. 3. 
^ Antilope saiga. A very exhaustive and interesting account of this Ante- 
lope has been published by Hr. 0. Glitsch in Bull. Soc. Natur. Mosc. 1865, 
i. pp, 207-245. 'Ihe author treats of its geographical distribution, stating 
