120 Mr. A. de Carle Sowerby on the 



Measurements in. the flesh : — Head and body 60", height 

 at shoulders 42", tail 8", hind foot 161", ear 7". Weight 

 165 catties = 220 lbs. (about). 



Colour. A general greyish brown on the head, going into 

 brown on the forehead and a pale buff at the base of the 

 horns and the base and backs of the ears, the inside of 

 the ears being white. Nose dark brown ; chin dark brown, 

 almost black, with a small white patch on either side. Area 

 round the eye buffy-grey. The general colour gets darker 

 on the neck, but it still retains a wash of buff or ochre. The 

 body is dark greyish brown, with a slight indication of a 

 darker median dorsal line. The spots are almost invisible, 

 showing up in certain lights and quite invisible in others. 

 The dark greyish brown of the body shades into a rich brown 

 on the back and lower portions of the legs, getting lighter 

 and more ochraceous on the fetlocks. There is a peculiar 

 patch of long white hairs surrounded by black on the outer 

 surface of the hind leg about 6 inches below the heel. The 

 tail is black above, white beneath, the hairs being long and 

 making the tail somewhat bushy. The croup disk is white, 

 edged with black on its upper half, the black joining up with 

 that of the upper tail surface, so that there is no white 

 between the tail and the back. The under surface of the 

 belly and inner surface of thighs are white ; the chest is a 

 dark brownish grey. 



The hairs of the neck are considerably longer than on the 

 rest of the body. 



Horns. The horns in this specimen are not very well 

 developed, being past their prime. They measure : — 



Eight, 191" in length. 



Left, 19|" 



Right, above the brow-tine 3§" in circumference, below 

 51" 

 8 . 



Eight points, 4+4. 



Other horns examined are large, graceful, and heavy, but 

 not so large as is usual in C. mandarinus. 



Skull. Condylo-basal length 322 mm. ; zygomatic width 

 136 mm. ; interorbital space 100 mm. ; length of nasals 

 125 mm.; greatest width of palate (at post-molar) 54 mm.; 

 greatest width of cranium 84 mm. ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 99 mm.; length of lower tooth-row 103 mm. Teeth 

 well worn. 



Type. A pair of antlers in the Sikawei Museum, Shanghai, 

 no number, from Tching-lo-hsien (Tsing-lo Hsien), Shansr. 



The habitat of this species may be considered as con fined 

 to the forested and mountainous areas of that part of Shansi 



