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But it is in the horns that we see the most re- 
markable form and the charaeter of the subgenus of 
Smith. “ In the adult kidang in a perfect state, 
they consist of one principal hranch, with a smaller 
additional antler, rising on the same base from the co- 
ronal margin of the pedestal, and projecting forward 
and inward. The latter is simple, very abort, and, 
from the common base, one inch and a half in lemrth. 
The principal branch in the adult animal, is four 
inches and a h..!fi and measured along the curve five 
inches long. It risi's for the space of two inches 
nearly erect, then forms a slight curve outward and 
forward, and, finally, bending suddenly backward 
and inward, nearly at a right angle, forms a hook 
with an acute termination, the curve of which va- 
ries indifferent individuals.” The base of the horns 
is finished by a lubercnlated burr, hut which is 
nearly concealed by the hair, which terminates the 
pedestals. The pedestals commence, as it were, 
'vith the ridges which are apparent on the face, 
which gradually diverge atul follow tlie outline 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 Itroader above, and having 
an even outer and inferior margin. They diverge 
now more abruptly from each other in a lateral di- 
rection, but in their ascent preserve the obliquity of 
the line bounding the skull above. Having passed 
