(h) Rusa Aristotelis, Cur., Gray, Sandier.
Cervus Aristotelis, Cm C. heterocerus, Hodgson.
C. hippelaphus, Ogilby. C. Bengalensis, Schinz.
C. unicolor, H. Smith.
Jarai • Jerrow, . HIND. Palm noir de Bengal of Cerf de Command. of Cuv. Duvaucell.
Samboo deer of Bennett.
It inhabits the great forests of India. It is not gregarious, and ruts and drops its horns in spring. Mr. Hodgson describes four varieties of this deer.
(i) Rusa dimorphe, spotted rusa.
Gower, . . . HIND. I Geyer, . . . . HIND.
Occupy the sal forests of India. Colour of a red brown.
(j) Rusa Peronii, the smaller rusa; inhabits Timor, Lombok, Bawian, and Ternate.
(k) Rusa Phililpinus.
Cervus Marianne, Cur.
The Philippine rusa. I Cerf de Philippines of I Desmarest.
Rusa lepida, the Sundevall rusa, a native of Java, scarcely as large as a roebuck.
(On) Axis maculatus, Ham. Smith, Gray.
Axis plinius, Erx,leben Cervus nudipalpebra, apud Gmelin. Ogilby.
Cervus axis, Elliot. Black var.
C. pseudaxis, Gervois. Axis major, A. medius, Axis maculatus. A, minor, Hodgson. Rusa bunga, Malay of Pen- Thou langna of the Terai.
insula. Hog-deer.
Spotted deer of India. Spotted hog-deer of Hodg Chitra, . . . SANSK. son.
Chital deer of Hodgson and Elliot.
Inhabits India, the Malay Peninsula. In size and form it resembles the fallow-deer, and at the shoulder its height is two feet six or seven inches. The ground colour of the skin is at all times a rich fawn spotted with white, but is nearly black along the hack and snow-white below. It has a white longitudinal line on the flanks. It lives near water in the jungles ; feeds at night. It is timid, indolent, and gentle; is easily domesticated, and propagates in captivity. It is the spotted deer of Indian sportsmen. The skin and horns of this graceful deer are articles of commerce. In the years 1851 to 1855 Liverpool imported about 700 skins and 20,000 horns a year. They are not so generally distributed as the Panibur, but in many districts are far more plentiful. They go in herds of from six to sixty. So many as six have been killed by one gun during the brief cool stalking hours of the morning and evening. A. porcinus, Cur., is the hog-deer of Jerdon.
Cervus muntjak, Zimm. Cervulus aureus, Jer.
Kankuri, . . . Cox. 1 Bekra, . . MAHR.
Jungli Bakra, . . •DUICH.
This animal does not seem to differ in any re spect from the kijang of the Eastern Islands. A young male of this species is of a deep chestnut colour, which becomes browner as the animal grows older.. It obtains its Canarese name from its habit of frequenting the kans or natural forest gardens.
(n) Hyelaphus porcinus, Sunder.
Cervus porcinus, Zimmer. I Var. Axis niger, Dr. F. B.
C. hippelaphus var. 3, Cur. Ham.
Para, ..... HIND. Porcine deer of Pennant.
Parha, . . . . „ Sugoria, . . . HIND.
Khar, . . . . „ Shgoria, . . .
Laghuna I • • • Brown porcine axis Of Hog-deer, . . . ENG. Hodgson.
Inhabits Ceylon, India, and Assam. Its legs are shorter than those of the axis ; it has no black dorsal streak, and no white streak on the haunches. Horns generally short, with short snags. They live in herds on the plains, and do not ascend mountains.
Cervus pumilis of II. Smith is supposed to be a variety, and Cervus dodur of Boyle is supposed to be a distinct species.
(o) Cervulus va,ginalis, Bodd., Gray.
Cervus muntjac., Zimm. 1 Cervus plicatus, Foster. Prox. „ Zinun.& Sunder. I Rib-faced deer of Pennant. Kidang of the Javanese. Chevreuil des Indes of Kijang of the Sumatrans. Allamand. Muntjak of the Sundan The Rae of Europeans in ese.
Borneo.
It inhabits Sumatra, Banka, Borneo, and Java. Its height at the shoulders is about 2 feet 2 inches. On its face are two rough raised folds of skin, marking it with the letter V, the point below ; colour, reddish brown or a light brown ; belly and front of thighs, pure white. In Java it occupies districts with long grass, and the Saeellarum (Holcus) spicattun (allang-allang, JAY.), and Phyllanthus cmblica are its favourite food ; but Hibiscus, Grewia, Urena, and other malvaceous plants are eaten by it. it is impatient of confine ment. The points of its horns are turned forwards ; it is about the size of the antelope, which, with the exception of the horns, it resembles_ in general appearance.—Lou's Sarawak, p. 76.