96 MOSCHID.E. 



chestnut tip ; thus, the hairs overlapping each other, the chestnut 

 tips give the general ground-colour, and the blackish rings the 

 stippling. 



" Fore ler/. Length of hoof in front 1'25, breadth of each segment 

 •75 : length of hind toe -75, its breadth '45, raised about "75 above 

 the sole of the foot. 



" Hind leg. Length of hoof 1 ■!.'■', breadth of each segment '63 ; 

 length of hind toe '60, its breadth -45, raised above sole of foot 

 1-30. 



" They crouch in the reeds and long grass, admitting pretty close 

 approach, and then, rising with a bound, spring away. They were 

 generally put up singly or in twos and threes. In running they 

 cock their ears, round their fore legs, bend up their hind legs, hog 

 their rumps, and scurry away with little quick leaps, very much 

 after the manner of a Hare. The heavy shot soon bowled them over. 

 AVTien they ran across the cultivated fields, the Chinese shouted after 

 them and set their barking curs to pursue them. 



" The Chinese at Shangliai call this animal the Ke ; but at Chin- 

 kiang they are called Chang — the classical term for the Muntjac 

 (Cervuhis lleevesi). The Chinese dictionary comj^iled under autho- 

 rity of the Emperor Kanghe describes the Ke as ' Stag-like, with 

 feet resembling those of a dog, has a long tusk on each side of the 

 mouth, and is fond of fighting.'" — Sivinlioe, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 89-92. 



2. MOSCHUS. 



Cnimen none. The hinder part of tarsus hairy. Fur thick, 

 elastic, brittle. Males with an odoriferous gland in the middle of 

 the abdomen. Young, and sometimes the adult, spotted. Tail very 

 short, rudimentary. Snowy region of Asia. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. 

 M. p. 242 ; A. M. -Edwards, Ann. 8ci. ]S"at. 1864, p. 119.) 



1 . Moschus moschiferus. (The Musk.) 



Moschus moschif.TUS, Crai/, Cat. Unf/ul. B. M. p. 244; A. M.-Ed- 

 warcl-i, Ann. Sci. Xaf. 1804, ii. p. li9, t. 4. fig. 1 (skeleton). 



Hah. Thibet ; Nepal (not Bengal, as said by M. A. Milne-Edwards, 

 p. 164). 



Var. 1. Eur spotted. 



Moschus sibiricus, Pallas ; Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. 31. p. 243. 

 Moschus moschiferus, var. maeulatus, A. M.-Edwanh, I.e. p. 120. 



Var. 2. Fur banded. 



^loschus altaicus, EseJiscJioItz. 



Moscluis nioschit't'rus, var. fasciatus, A. M.-Edwards, I. c. p. 119. 



Var. '■'>. Fur uniform. 



La forte Musque, Davhenton. 



]\Ioschus moschiferus, Schreher, drag, Cat. Vngnl. B. M. p. 244. 

 Moschus moschiferus, var. concolor, A. M.-Edirards, I. c. p. 121. 

 Moschus leucogaster, Grag, Cat. Cngul. B. M. p. 245. 



