204 THE WAPITI OF KANSU 



was described by Mr. R. I. Pocock in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Zoological Society under the name of 

 Cer^viLS kanmensis. The matter is of such interest 

 that I quote his remarks at length : 



" The colour is a tolerably uniform earthy 

 brown, relieved by fine close set speckling due to a 

 subapical pale annulus on each hair. On the sides 

 the main shaft of the hairs is greyer and less brown 

 than dorsally, and low down, toM^ards the belly, the 

 subapical annulus is longer, so that the general tint 

 is markedly paler. The belly is white, but not the 

 chest. On the neck the hairs are longer, with longer 

 apical annulus, the shaft of the hairs being browner 

 along the nape than on the sides of the neck, so 

 that there is an ill-defined dorsal stripe as in Cervus 

 macneilli ; the front of the neck (throat) is paler 

 than the sides, the legs are fawn brown down the 

 front and sides, paler behind. The forehead is 

 brown and closely speckled ; the lips and chin are 

 fawn brown, unspeckled and without white, and 

 the black patch below the corner of the mouth is 

 well marked. There is a blackish-brown unspeckled 

 croup disk, as in Cervus macneilli, and the hairs of 

 this disk become more and more white towards the 

 root of the tail. This is probably also the case in 

 Cervus uiacneilli, but I was unable to touch the 

 mounted specimen of the animal in the British 

 Museum. The white on the buttocks is of the 

 same extent approximately as in Cervus macneilli, 

 but the tail itself is much whiter than in that 

 animal, since it merely has a narrow median dark 

 stripe, as in most examples at all events of Cervus 

 hangiu {i.e. the Kashmir stag or barasingh). The 

 ears are long and pointed, with apparently a 

 sinuous upper edge, such as is seen in Cervus 

 ivallic/iii. . . . 



" The coloration of the Kansu specimen, however. 



