. Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists . loped, and in itselfdichotomous, and furnished with long cylindrical tines. Externalsurface of the antlers smooth and polished. Hair in winter ratherlong and coarse. General colour uniform brown, darkest on thenose and upper surface of the tail, and lightest on the cheeks andlower parts of the sides and haunches. Lower lip, belly, and undersurface of tail whitish. Upper lip, occiput, and limbs with a decidedtinge of rufous. The hair on the front of the metacarpal cannonbone
. Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists . loped, and in itselfdichotomous, and furnished with long cylindrical tines. Externalsurface of the antlers smooth and polished. Hair in winter ratherlong and coarse. General colour uniform brown, darkest on thenose and upper surface of the tail, and lightest on the cheeks andlower parts of the sides and haunches. Lower lip, belly, and undersurface of tail whitish. Upper lip, occiput, and limbs with a decidedtinge of rufous. The hair on the front of the metacarpal cannonbones is lengthened into an everted mane about 2 inches in length. Immature Male.—Antlers with the posterior of the two mainbranches less developed than the anterior branch. Habitat—Northern parts of Siam. Length. Circum-ference. Tip toTip. Widestinside. Points. Habitat. Owner. 30J s 151 Z3, 10 X 10 Siam British Museum. 29? 5* 23f 26I 9x8 Do Do. 29I 4f 281 3f lOx II Do Do. 28i S\ II 29i 11x9 Sir Victor Brookes Collection. 27i 51 14 24i 9x8 Siam British Museum. 271 4l l^ 24i 7x8 Do Do. B 2 20 GREAT GAME OE THE BURMESE STAG or THEMIN (Cervus eldi).Habitat—Burmah and Hainan. Length. Circum-ference. Tip toTip. Widestinside. Points. Length of brow tine. Habitat. Owner. 39t38i 56J 3i§ 25i 36f(sm 3oi 20 all poiii6x 19 Us) Siam India -Sir Edmund G. Loder, Museum. 37h 5t 20| 305 5x5 Do Do. 37 6J 3if lOi Rowland Wards Collection. 36i 5i 281 3if 4x3 A. 0. Hume, Private Collection. 351 51 3°? 34i 4x5 India British Museum. 34? 51 27i 32 6x6 Hume Collection, British Museum. 34l 6J 24 30i 5x6 A. 0. Hume, Private Collection. 34i 5 24 32i 6x6 Hon. Walter Rothschild. 34 51 23i 29f 10 X 10 J. Carr-Saunders. 33? 5J 25? 28I 6x6 India British Museum. 33* 5i 40 15 Col. Pole Carew. BURMESE STAG OR THEM IN. 21 BURMESE STAG or THEMIN (Cervus eldi)-.«//;///„/. Length. Circum-ference. Tip toTip. Widestinside. Points. Length of brow tine. Habitat. Owner. 33i 5i 25 29J 5x4 Hume C
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