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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



the tail, inner portion of hind thighs, and inside hair of ears ; a 

 large spot on the outer portion of ear near its root ; rim round the 

 eye and chin ; throat white ; body ornamented with large spots of 

 white ; tail, including apical hair, nearly one foot long ; the hair 

 that overhangs the roots of the tail on either side black ; basal 

 half of tail white ; apical half black with white tips ; under the 

 tail and between the hams white ; knees and front of tibice brown ; 

 head, from crown to tip of nose, about 20 inches long; ear about 

 9 inches ; forehead and before the eyes reddish ; rest of face brownish 

 fawn colour ; horns, with frontal tine about 5 inches long, bent a 

 little downwards at the tips ; about 8 inches of the stem between 

 lowest tine and the next above, which are broken and represented 

 only by a knob ; top stem between that and the top knob about 

 4 inches. 



Habitat — China. 



FORMOSA DEER (Cervus taevanus) 



