231 
Gona Rusa , Daniel, Ceylon, t. .—Cervus Aristotelis , Cuvier, 
Oss. Foss. iv. 502. t. 39. f. 10; F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. ; Sundev. 
Pecora, 55 .—Cervus Hippelaphus, C. Aristotelis, and C. heteroceros, 
Hodgson, Icon. ined .—Rusa Aristotelis, H. Smith ; Gray, Cat. 
Hodgson’s Coll. B. M. 67; Osteol. Spec. B. M. 6/; Knows. Menag. 
62 .—Cervus unicolor , H. Smith, G. A. K. v. 780 .—Cervus Benga- 
lensis, Schinz, Svn. Mam. ii. 390 .—Daim noir de Bengal, Duvaucell, 
iVsiat. Bes. xv. 157 .—Cerf noir de Bengal, F. Cuvier, Menag. Lith. 
I- •—Cervus equinus (Samboo Deer), Bennett, Tower Menag. 185, 
fig.— Elk, Indian Sportsmen ; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc.—Var. Cervus 
heteroceros, Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. 1841, 722. t. 
A ar. ? Biche de Malacca , F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. female .—Cervus 
Malaccensis, Fischer, Syn. 
Inhabits India; Ceylon. 
The skull is about 17 inches long, and has a very deep, oblong, 
subtriangular, suborbital pit. 
The specimen from Ceylon, in the Zoological Gardens, differs from 
the common Samboos from India in having shorter and thicker horns. 
Nearly black in October ; the front of the muzzle rounded, the nose 
black, forming a band across the chin; front of chin (only) white; 
tail all black; face paler than back, and more grisled, but uniformly 
coloured, without any black streak over the eyes or up the side of the 
nose; vent flesh-coloured. Much larger. 
2. Busa Dimorphe. The Spotted Busa. 
Bed-brown; back with distinct series of small white spots; sides 
indistinctly white spotted; limbs paler; neck and belly blackish; chin 
white ; the horns (deformed ?). Young bright fawn-red, white spotted. 
Cervus Dimorphe, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1844, t. ; 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. 74 ; Sundevall, Pecora, 132 .—Rusa 
Dimorpha (Hodgson?s Rusa), Hodgson in Gray, Cat. Flodgson’s Coll, 
in B. M. 33 ; Gray, Knows. Menag. 62. 
Inhabits Saul Forest; Morang. 
3. Busa Equinus. The Busa or Smaller Samboo. 
Brown, not spotted ; tail rounded, floccose, black at the tip ; hair 
(summer) elongate, rigid, thick, waved. Young very obscurely 
spotted ; hair rigid and rough. 
Rusa, Baffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. 263 .—Cervus equinus, Cuvier, 
Oss. Foss. iv. 44. t. 5. f. 30, 37, 38, 42 ; H. Smith, G? A. K. iv. 112. 
t. ; Sundevall, Pecora, 55 ; S. Muller, Nederl. Verh .—Eland or 
Elk of the Dutch Sportsmen .—Rusa Equinus, Gray, Knows. Menag. 
6 m . t. 4 3. 
Inhabits Sumatra; Borneo. 
4. Busa Hippelaphus. The Mijangan Banjoe. 
Greyish brown; tail not floccose, brownish at the tip ; anal region 
not pale; cheeks and upper part of the neck of the males maned; 
hair (summer) short, rigid, close-pressed, not waved. Young: hair 
smooth. 
