Japanese Serow 175 



animals of Arabia, and any authentic information on this subject would be 

 of o-reat interest. 



THE GREY JAPANESE SEROW 



[Ncmor/hrdia crispits) 



The serow inhabiting the mountains of the Japanese islands, where it 

 appears to be represented by two well-marked local races, is one of the 

 smallest members of its kind, agreeing approximately in size with the 

 goral of the Himalaya (see Great and Small Game of India ^ (-'tc.), but con- 

 forming to the serow type as regards its structural features. A male was 

 presented to the Zoological Society of London in 1879 by the late Mr. H. 

 Pryer, a well-known collector in Japan, but no other specimen has ever 

 been exhibited in the Society's Menagerie. The mounted skin of a male 

 was presented to the British Museum in 1891 by Mr. J. L. Fletcher, and 

 is now exhibited in the mammal gallery. 



In its winter dress this animal has the hair long and stiff, with the 

 general colour very dark blackish grey ; the individual hairs being partly 

 black and partly white. 



This race of the Japanese serow is believed to inhabit the high 

 mountains of the islands of Nipon and Sikok, but definite information on 

 this point is much wanted. Nothing is known with regard to its habits. 



THE ROAN JAPANESE SEROW 



{Nemorhcedus crispus pryer'i) 



In the collection of the British Museum is the mounted skin of a male 

 Japanese serow acquired in 1880 from Mr. H. Pryer, which differs from 

 the typical crispus by the thicker, softer, and more woolly character of the 



