202 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 



NAEMORHEDTJS GRISEUS Milne Edwards. 



In his review of this genus, Pocock (1908, p. 173) has shown that the several 

 varieties of Gorals described from southwestern China are, for the present at 

 least, best referred to the one species, N. griseus; whose range is rather extensive 

 in the highlands of that part of the country. A series of seven specimens, young 

 and old, of both sexes, was collected by Mr. Zappey, and these show a fairly 

 close agreement in color. Four were shot at Ichanghsien, one at Patunghsien, 

 Hupeh, and two at Liuyang, in Western Szechwan at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 

 The variations shown by the Ichanghsien skins are quite as described by Pocock 

 for specimens in the British museum from the same region, and I am unable to 

 distinguish these from specimens taken in western Szechwan. The same varia- 

 tion in the horns described by Pocock is likewise present in the series studied. 

 In adults from the same locality, there are some in which the horns curve sharply 

 backward, and others in which they are straighter and nearly in the same plane 

 with the frontal outline. These differences are rather striking at first but seem 

 to be wholly individual. 



CAPRICORNIS ARGYROCHAETES (Heude). 



Two specimens, adult females, from Washan in western Szechwan, agree 

 in having no white on the knee or fetlock, but instead these portions are light 

 buff and the anterior side of the fore leg below the knee (metacarpals) is blackish, 

 with a slight admixture of reddish (nearly light "hazel") hairs. The gray 

 rather than white mane is noticeable in both specimens. These characters are 

 pointed out by Pocock (1908, p. 185) in his review of the Serows, as characteriz- 

 ing this race, of which he also mentions two specimens in the British Museum 

 one from Szechwan, obtained from Berezowski in 1896, the other a mounted 

 specimen said to have come from "Tibet" which has been made the subject of a 

 communication by Lydekker (1905, p. 329, pi. 8). In a further communication 

 Lydekker (1908b) maintains the specific rank of this Serow. 



The two specimens shot by Mr. Zappey were measured by him as follows: - 



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Height at 

 Orig. No. Length. Tail. Hind'Fool. Shoulder. 



175 1590 115 380 860 



176 1675 120 388 $00 



The iris is described as hazel. The first animal is much the younger with horns 

 125 mm. long; the second has considerably longer horns, measuring 215 mm. in 



