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Singhalese.

HABITAT.--In all the large forests of India; but is not known,
according to Jerdon, in the countries eastward of the Bay of Bengal.
It is common in the bamboo forests of the Central provinces, where
I obtained it on several occasions.

[Illustration: Mouse Deer. (From Sir Emerson Tennant's 'Ceylon,' by
permission of Messrs. Longmans.)]

DESCRIPTION.--"Above olivaceous, mixed with yellow grey; white
below; sides of the body with yellowish-white lines formed of
interrupted spots, the upper rows of which are joined to those of
the opposite side by some transverse spots; ears reddish-brown"
(_Jerdon_). The colour however varies; some are darker than others.

SIZE.--Length, 22 to 23 inches; tail, 1-1/2 inches; height, 10 to
12 inches. Weight, 5 to 6 lbs.

The above measurements and weight are taken from Jerdon. Professor
Garrod (Cassell's Nat. His.) gives eighteen inches for length and
eight inches for height, which is nearer the size of those I have
kept in confinement; but mine were young animals. They are timid and
delicate, but become very tame, and I have had them running loose
about the house. They trip about most daintily on the tips of their
toes, and look as if a puff of wind would blow them away.

They are said to rut in June and July, and bring forth two young about
the end of the rainy season.

TRIBE TYLOPODA--THE CAMELS.

This name, which is derived from the Greek [Greek: tulos], a swelling,
pad, or knot, and [Greek: pous], a foot, is applied to the camels
and llamas, whose feet are composed of toes protected by cushion-like
soles, and not by a horny covering like those of the Artiodactyli
generally. The foot of the camel consists of two toes tipped by small
nails, and protected by soft pads which spread out laterally when
pressed on the ground. The two centre metacarpal bones are fused into
one cannon bone, and the phalanges of the outer and inner digits which
are more or less traceable in all the other families of the
Artiodactyli are entirely absent.

The dentition of the camel too is somewhat different from the rest
of the Ruminantia, for in the front of the upper jaw there are two
teeth placed laterally, one on each side, whereas in all other
ruminating animals there are no cutting teeth in the upper jaw--only
a hard pad, on which the lower teeth are pressed in the act of tearing
off herbage.

The stomach of the camel is the third peculiarity which distinguishes
it. The psa