The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . Fig. 46.—Head of Swamp-Deer Stag. From a specimen in the possession of Mr. H. C. V. Hunter. branches of this fork again dividing at least once, so that the minimumnumber of points on each antler is four, while there are frequently six, andin some cases eight, or even more. Yet another feature of these appendagesis that the brow-tine is either given off at a right angle to the main beam,or forms an uninterrupted continuation of the curvature of the latter. 230 Great and Small Game of India, etc. Although the fawns are more or less fully spotte
The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet . Fig. 46.—Head of Swamp-Deer Stag. From a specimen in the possession of Mr. H. C. V. Hunter. branches of this fork again dividing at least once, so that the minimumnumber of points on each antler is four, while there are frequently six, andin some cases eight, or even more. Yet another feature of these appendagesis that the brow-tine is either given off at a right angle to the main beam,or forms an uninterrupted continuation of the curvature of the latter. 230 Great and Small Game of India, etc. Although the fawns are more or less fully spotted, the coat of the adults isin most cases nearly uniformly coloured, and shows no large light rump-patch. The neck is slightly maned, the face is long, and the tail rathershort. The face-glands attain only a moderate degree of group is represented by three nearly allied species of relatively large-sized deer, one of which is restricted to India, while the second [Ccrviis. Fig. 47.—Swamp-Dccr Stag, with the antlers in velvet. Photographed at Wobiirn Abbey by theDuchess of Bedford. schomhiirgki) inhabits Northern Siam, and the third is found in Burma andother countries lying still farther east. The swamp-deer is a somewhat stoutly built species, standing fromabout 3 feet 8 inches to 3 feet 10 inches at the withers. The muzzle israther long and narrow ; and the hair of a moderate degree of fineness, andwith a tendency towards a woolly nature. In the summer coat the generalcolour of the hair of the upper-parts is a bright rufous brown, frequently atleast, with a broad brown streak, bordered on either side by a line of The Swamp-Deer 231 whitish spots, running down the middle of the back, and with a lessdistinct trace of spotting on other parts. The throat, the inner surfacesof the thighs, and the under-parts generally are white or whitish, whilethe lower surface of the tail is always white. In winter, on the otherhand, the general colour is yellowish bro
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