. Gli animali da gioco dell'India, della Birmania, della Malaya e del Tibet, essendo una nuova e rivista edizione di 'il grande e piccolo gioco dell'India, della Birmania e del Tibet', e di un folto pelo bremente che corona il thummit della testa; Mentre il loro nome scientifico di Elaphodus si riferisce alle lunghe zecche tipo sciabola nella mandibola superiore dei bucks. Le due ultime caratteristiche sono comuni al muntjac con fronte peloso, e i shortantlers sono similmente supportati su creste lunghe; ma le thespecies di Elaphodus si distinguono da Cervulusby i pedicoli delle corone divergenti inferiorilanzichè convergere, mentre non sono continueddown

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. The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet; being a new and revised edition of 'The great and small game of India, Burma, and Tibet, ' . and dense bristly hair crowning thesummit of the head ; while their scientific name ofElaphodus refers to the long sabre-like tusks in theupper jaw ot the bucks. The two latter features arecommon to the hairy-fronted muntjac, and the shortantlers are similarly supported on long ridges ; but thespecies of Elaphodus are distinguished from Cervulusby the pedicles ot the antlers diverging inferiorlyinstead of converging, while they are not continueddown the face as ridges. The tips of the tusks of thebucks are not turned outward in muntjac fashion, whilethe hair is extremely coarse and comparatively long.The lateral hoots are much smaller than in muntjac, being quite rudimentary. The fawns differ from thoseof the chestnut-coloured muntjacs in being spottedonly along the micklle line of the back ; but since the 264 The Tibetan Tufted Deer young of the plum-coloured muntjacs are unknown, this character cannot at present be regarded as one ofgeneric importance. Tufted deer have broad, rounded. ears, of which the outer surface is thickly haired, anda tail of moderate length. In the Tibetan species, which may be comparedin size to the Indian muntjac, standing about 22 or23 inches at the withers, the general colour is deep 265 Game Animals of India, etc. chocolate-brown, the hairs on the fore part of the bodyhaving brown tips with a white ring below, whereasfarther back this white ring is absent. Consequentlythe region of the shoulders is finely speckled, but thehind-quarters are uniformly coloured. The crest formsa nearly black horse-shoe on the forehead, borderedabove each eye by a line of grey ; the ears show alarge amount of white internally and on the innermargin, and the lower surface of the tail and the innersides of the thighs and buttocks are likewise white. This little deer inhabits the mountains of Moupin, in Eastern Tibet,

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