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mounted specimens oi this deer are exhibited to the public in the 

 Museum ; one an immature stag in the winter dress, presented by 

 Professor Taczanowski, and now in bad condition ; the other a splendid 

 hind in the winter coat, presented by the Duke of Bedford. 



Although it is possible that both may inhabit at least a portion of the 

 same area, it seems not unlikely that the habitat of the present species lies 

 to the north and eastward of that of the Manchurian race of the common 

 sika. The Pekin sika is definitely known to occur in the Ussuri valley 

 of North-Eastern Manchuria, whence it is stated to range into the district 

 south-west of Vladivostock ; it is also found on the island of Ascold. 



A deer from Northern China or Manchuria was described in 1871 by 

 Professor Milne-Edwards under the name of Ccrvus mamiarimis^ which is 

 said to be characterised by the retention of the chestnut colour and white 

 spotting in the winter dress, and the red upper surface ot the tail. It was 

 accordingly allowed provisional specific rank in the Deer of All Lands. 

 There seems, however, to be a considerable probability that the alleged 

 difference in colour irom C. hortitlorum may be partly due to individual 

 variation, and partly to the type specimen having been figured while in the 

 early winter coat, before the spots had fully disappeared and the uniformly 

 brown hue been attained. 



As regards its long, thin, reddish tail, this deer agrees exactly with the 

 hind of the present species in the British Museum, and it thus appears 

 highly probable that C. maudarimis is not really a distinct form. 



If this be so, it seems likely that the deer named (.'. mantschiirkus major 

 by Professor Noack in 1889 is likewise identical with C hortulorum. The 

 deer described under the former title are stated to equal a red deer in 

 stature (4 teet at the withers) and to be very rare. This statement is 

 strongly suggestive of the name having been given to unusually large 

 individuals of the Pekin sika. 



Very little is known with regard to the Pekin sika in its wild condition. 



