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rather than to the Siberian roe, it is interesting to notice that Professor 

 Noack describes it as living in pairs or small tamily parties, and not 

 making long migrations to the southward in winter. It is an inhabitant 

 of the mountains of Manchuria, which it seems never to desert tor the 

 plains below. 



THE SIBERIAN ROE 



( Capreolus pyg(-iygus) 

 (Plate IV. Fig. 9) 



The comparatively recent acquisition by the British iVIuseum of a fine 

 mounted buck of this species in the winter coat renders the public much 

 better able to learn the distinctive characteristics of this handsome roe than 

 was previously possible. As mounted this specimen stands it^\ inches 

 at the withers. The coat is very rough and thick, and its general colour 

 on the back is light greyish fawn, profusely speckled with blackish brown. 

 The white rump-patch is much larger than in the European animal, and 

 intrudes to a greater extent on to the back and thighs, forming on each 

 of the latter a distinct V- The markings on the muzzle are also decidedly 

 different, the dark upper one being less moustache-like and covering much 

 more ot the upper lip. Indeed, the dark brown on the muzzle extends as 

 a broad ring completely round both jaws, so as to leave only a very small 

 white area on each side of the naked portion ot the muzzle, and only a 

 small white patch on the tip of the chin. The difference in this respect 

 between the Siberian and the European species is well shown in the two 

 figures on Plate IV. 



But it is not by size and coloration alone that the Siberian roe is dis- 

 tinguished from its European cousin. The former is a much more 

 roughly-haired animal than the latter ; this being especially shown by the 



