268 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



MICHIE'S TUFTED DEER 



( Klaphodiis michianus) 

 (Plate V". Fig. 3) 



This species is extremely closely allied tu the Tibetan tufted deer 

 (£. ccp/iii/op/iiis), and since the latter has been described at some length in the 

 Great and Small Game of hnlia, etc., only a few lines are necessary in this 

 place. The tufted deer are closely allied to the muntjacs, trom the plain- 

 coloure J representatives of which they differ by the non-eversion ol the 

 tips of the tusks of the bucks, the coarse and shaggy hair, the large, 

 rounded, and thickly-haired ears, and the medium length ol the tail. The 

 young are spotted only along the middle line of the back. 



The present species is found in the neighbourhood ot rivers in Eastern 

 China near Ningpo, and not improbably in other districts. It is chiefly 

 distinguished from the Tibetan species by certain details of coloration ; the 

 general colour of the coat being more decidedly iron-grey. 



It may be added that the Chinese muntjac [Ccrvi/lits rccvcsi) extends as 

 far north as Ningpo ; it is, however, essentially an inhabitant ot the south 

 ot China (and Formosa), and therefore in the main lies beyond the pur- 

 view ot the present volume. 



THE HIMALAYAN MUSK 



[Mosc/ias moH-lufcnts) 



A full description of the Himalayan musk, or musk-deer, has been 

 given in (hwit and Small Game of' India, etc. (as well as in Deer of All 



