. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Thameng 199 " About the end of January the first jungle fire sweeps over the plain and destroys the dry herbage, leaving small patches here and there about the edges of swamps. The second burning takes place about the end of March, and leaves scarcely a blade of grass behind it ; the plain is then almost entirely bare, and the deer, having no covert, congregate in large herds. They are then to be seen on all sides, and, the buffaloes having been with- drawn to the t
. The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct. Deer; Deer, Fossil; Cervidae; Cervidae, Fossil. Thameng 199 " About the end of January the first jungle fire sweeps over the plain and destroys the dry herbage, leaving small patches here and there about the edges of swamps. The second burning takes place about the end of March, and leaves scarcely a blade of grass behind it ; the plain is then almost entirely bare, and the deer, having no covert, congregate in large herds. They are then to be seen on all sides, and, the buffaloes having been with- drawn to the tree-jungle, are left alone ; they become at this time exces- sively wary. From the middle of February until the first showers fall at. Fig. 55.—Group of Burmese Thameng. From a photograph by the Duchess of Bedford. the end of April they apparently subsist without water ; they lie in the salt swamps during this period, and get the benefit of heavy dews at ; It is added that the pairing-season lasts from the middle of March to the middle of May ; and that the hinds bring forth their fawns in October and November among the rice-fields, the rice being then either in flower or in ear, and at its greatest height, so that it afFords abundant covert. One fawn is produced at a birth, and often remains with its dam till the second year. Breeding may commence at the end of a year and a half. It is specially stated that while the very young are spotted, all the adults in Burma are of a uniformly brown colour. In Manipur the stags begin to shed their antlers in June, but in Lower Burma they are not lost till about Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, R. Ward, limited
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