CERVID.E 221 



Oil the noiili side of the Mediterranean. Fine antlers 

 measure from about 11 to 13 inches, with a basal girth of 

 from 3 to 7 inches, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 4^ to 

 14^ inches. 



The races may be distinguished as follows : — 



A. General colour of face darker than that of 



body C. c. tliotti. 



B. General colour of face not darker than that 



of body. 

 a. Light throat-patch and neck-patch whitish 



and sharply defined in winter C.c. transsijlvanicus. 



h. Light throat-patch and neck-patch yel- 

 lowish or greyish and ill-defined in 

 winter. 

 a' . General colour in winter with a distinct 



yellowish tinge C. c. capreolus. 



h' . General colour in winter coarsely griz- 

 zled grey, without a yellowish tinge ... C.c. canus, 



^ A. -Capreolus capreolus eapreolus. 



Capreolus capreolus capreolus, Miller, Cat. Mavmi. West. Europe, 

 p. 274, 1912. 



Including : — 



Capreolus rhenanus, Weidwerh in Wort u. Bild, vol. xix, p. 263, 1900, 

 warthse (Warthe Valley), Deutsch. Jdger-Zeitung, vol. Iviii, 

 p. 801, 1912, Matschie. 



Cervus (Capreolus) capreolus balticus (Baltic Provinces), Bcricht 

 aclitzen. Deutsche Geiveili-AusteUung, 1912, p. 861, [c.l cistauni- 

 cus (North of Taunus Eange), p. 141, c. transvosagicus (Up. 

 Mosel Valley); p. 142, c. albicus (Silesia), p. 144, Beroff Inst. 

 Jagdliuncle, vol. ii, 1913, Matschie. 



Typical locality Sweden ; the range is taken to include 

 all Europe except the areas occupied by the under-mentioned 

 races. 



Light throat-patch indistinct ; general colour in winter 

 distinctly tinged with yellow. 



* * * *. Skin, mounted. France. No history. 



59. 9. 6. 107-109. Three skulls, with antlers. South 

 Germany ; collected l;)y Dr. A. Gtinther. Purchased, 1859. 



67.4.12.225-231. Seven skulls, with antlers. Localities 

 imknown. Lidth de Jeude Collection, purchased, 1867. 



76. 5, 4. 1, Skin, melajiistic, mounted. Westphalia. 



riircliasrd (Gcrrard), 1876. 



