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of Ccrvi/s kopschi is ;i local race of the Pekin sika, and not, as supposed in 

 Deer of All Laihh, identical with the Manchurian sika. 



The skin sent by Mr. Styan closely resembles that of the mounted hind 

 of the typical C Iwrtuloruin in the British Museum, which, as mentioned 

 above, is also in the summer coat. Both show the same brilliant ground 

 colour, large white spots, and metatarsal tuft coloured like the rest of the 

 leg. The Chinteh specimen has, however, a complete dark dorsal stripe, 

 and the spots are much less distinct on the upper part ot the neck, and also 

 extend to a rather less degree over the shoulders and thighs. Coupled with 

 the wide distance between the localities whence the two specimens were 

 obtained, these differences appear sufficient to justify the assignation ot the 

 Yang-tse sika to a distinct local race of C. hortiiloniw. 



The type specimen of C kopschi is a young stag in the winter dress 

 with budding antlers, which is now in the British Museum. It was obtained 

 from Kienchang, in the province of Kiangsi, not far from the borders of 

 Fokien, which is also in the Yang-tse area. It agrees in all characters 

 with the typical hortuloniin in the same dress ; the hair covering the meta- 

 tarsal gland being mingled black and white in the centre, with a butf 

 border. This, as noted above, is an essential characteristic of liortuloniiii, 

 although in the southern form the centre of the tuft appears to be lighter 

 than in the typical northern race. 



But there is other evidence of the existence of a sika of this type in the 

 Yang-tse valley. On pp. 121 and 122 of Deer of All Lainls reference is 

 made to certain brilliantly-spotted deer seen by Mr. Swinhoe in 1868 in a 

 park at Hong-Kong, and identified by him with the chital, or Indian 

 spotted deer. They are stated to have come from Hankow. In their 

 brilliant spotting and long chestnut-coloured tails these deer, as described 

 by Mr. Swinhoe, agree exactly with hortulorum in the summer dress, and 

 undoubtedly belong to the southern race of that species, which may hence- 

 forth be designated C. hortulorum kopsehi. 



