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Show I876.J SIR V. BROOKE ON CERVUS MESOPOTAMICUS. 301 Fig. 3. Left horn of Cervus mesopotamicus (about four years of age). appear to be generally more numerous than was indicated by the specimens. These facts considered, the following diagnosis of the specific characters of the horns of Cervus mesopotamicus will, I think, be found more perfect than that given in my first notice of the species. CERVUS MESOPOTAMICUS. Horns, adult male.-Each horn supported on a short pedicle, its base surrounded by a massive well-developed burr, immediately above which a short straight brow-antler projects forwards and slightly upwards (a, figs. 1-4). Expanding gradually from the burr, a more or less distinct fan-shaped palm is formed, from the anterior aspect of which are given off one or two laterally compressed, powerful tines (c, figs. 1-4, & I.e. figs. 2 & 3 ) . Above the palm the horn is contracted into a short beam rounded posteriorly, but with its anterior surface laterally compressed into a sharp ridge, from which blunt rudimentary tines are occasionally de- |