PEKIN SIKA 



Skull and Antlers of 1'ekin Sika. 



PEKIN SIKA (Cervus [Pseudaxis] hortulorum). 



In addition to its larger size (between 3 feet 7 inches and 4 feet 

 at the shoulder), this species is distinguished from the Manchurian sika 

 by the hairs covering the gland on the hind cannon-bone being of the 

 same colour as the rest of the coat in summer and only slightly grizzled 

 in winter, and by the tip of the tail being apparently white. The head 

 and neck are bluish grey, and in immature animals spots persist in 

 the winter coat, although these disappear completely at this season in 

 fully adult bucks, whose coats become very long and shaggy, especially 

 on the throat and neck. Hinds are more brightly coloured in winter 

 than the stags, and retain distinct spotting. This deer was first 

 named by the late Consul Swinhoe from an immature buck and doe 

 taken at the sack of the Summer Palace, Pekin, and was afterwards 

 obtained in the wild state in the Ussuri district of North-Eastern 

 Manchuria, when it received the name of C. dybowskii. In the typical 



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