228 
Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 914, xi. 284.— ? Cervus Caspianus or Hangoot, 
Falconer, MSS.; Gray, Cat. Osteol. Sp. B. M. 147.— ICervus Casli- 
meriensis, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Sp. B. M. 65.— Kashmir Stag?, Blyth, 
P. Z. S. 1840, 72 ; Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 750. t. . f. 8, 9. 
—Persian Peer, Marat or Gevezu or Gookoohee, MacNeil, P. Z. S. 
1840, 11; Blyth, Joum. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 750. t. . f. 10. 
Inhabits Cachir ( Hodgson ) ; Persia ( MacNeil ). 
The skull of Dr. Falconer’s Cashmere Stag is 15 inches long; the 
suborbital pit is oblong, triangular, and rather deep. The skull and 
horns are very like Mr. Hodgson’s specimen of Cervus affinis, but 
they are considerably smaller. 
Sir John MacNeil informs ns they are called by the Persians 
Marat, or Gevezu, or Gookoohee, and are frequently noticed in their 
literature. It is found in all the wooded mountain districts of Persia, 
but apparently does not occur in the central parts of the country. 
They rarely descend into the plains. During the summer they are 
found in the highest wooded parts of the mountains, and during the 
winter in the lower ravines, near their bases, where they are frequently 
tracked in the snow. The horns of the adult males closely resemble 
those of the Red Deer of this country; insomuch that I doubt whether 
an unscientific observer could distinguish them, except by the supe¬ 
rior size of those of the Marat. — P. Z . S. 1840, 11. 
5. Cervus affints. The Saul Forest Stag. 
Pale brown ; rump without any distinct pale mark ?; skull 16 or 17 
inches long; suborbital pit large, oblong, trigonal, rather deep. 
Cervus affinis {Moot Baraiingha, or Royal Stag of the Morung), 
Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. n. 197 ; Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. 
741, 914; Calcutta Journ. N. H. iv. 291 ; Sundev. Pecora, 131 ; 
Gray, Cat. Ost. Sp. B. M. 65; Knowsley Menag. 60. —C. Elaphus, 
Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, iv. 648.— C. JJathchii, part. 
Gray, Cat. Hodgson’s Coll, in B. M. 32.— C. TPattichii, var. Blyth, 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1841, 747. 
' Inhabits India ; Saul Forest. 
Mr. Hodgson, in his figure of this animal, does not represent any 
pale spot on the rump : if this is correct, it must be a most distinct 
species, as Dr. Falconer informs me the Cashmere Stag has a laige 
white rump. 
6. Cervus Sika. The Sika. 
Dark brown ; cheeks and throat rather paler; rump brown, without 
any pale spot; tail pale, white beneath ; hair harsh; horns rathei 
slender, with a basal and medial snag, and a subapical internal one. 
Cervus Sika, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. t. 17 ; Sundev. Pecora, 55, 
131; Gray, Knows. Menag. 60.— C. Sitza, Temm. Mus. Leyden. 
Inhabits Japan. Mus. Leyden. 
4. Dam a, H. Smith ; Platyceros. 
Horns, upper part expanded, smooth, and branched on the hinder 
edge ; tail rather elongated; tear-bag well developed ; hoots narrow. 
