Subspecies of Roedeer. 79 
exceeding 3mm. Legs darker and tending to show more of 
the grizzled character of the back than in the other European 
forms. The older specimens have a whitish streak on the 
outer posterior side of the fore legs, extending from just 
below the elbow to about 4 cm. above the metacarpal joint. 
Skull.—Principally characterized by its shortness and the 
bluntness of the muzzle as compared with C. c. capreolus and 
C.c. transylvanicus. The posterior ends of the nasals are 
more rounded and do not stretch so far back as do those of 
the other forms in relation to a line drawn across the skull at 
the most anterior edges of the orbits. 
Hab. Sumela, 30 miles south of Trebizond, N.E. Asia 
Minor. Alt. cire. 3500’. 
Type. Female. B.M. no. 6. 3. 6.188. Original number 
2136. Collected 8th November, 1905, by A. Robert, and 
presented to the Museum by Oldfield Thomas, Hsq. 
Dimensions (as measured in the flesh) :— 
Head and body 1080 mm.; hind foot 330; ear 125. 
Skull: greatest length 189; condylo-basal length 180; 
greatest breadth 67:2 ; interorbital breadth 50:0; length of 
nasals 48°8 ; gnathion to orbit 95 ; gnathion to tooth-row 55°6 ; 
maxillary tooth-row 58:0; length of molar series 34:5. 
Capreolus capreolus joffrei, subsp. n. 
Colour.—The back presents the typical grizzle, but the 
general colour is very much yellower and warmer in tone, 
almost approaching to Ridgway’s “mummy-brown,” the 
light annulations being much more tawny than in C, e¢. ca- 
preolus. A well-marked darker area along the middle of the 
back. Throat- and neck-patches evident, but not clearly 
marked. White area in tail-region considerably reduced. 
Underside more tawny-coloured than in the allied forms. 
Face and ears much greyer than body. Hairs on back about 
40 mm. in length. 
Skull.—The skull does not exhibit any particular cranial 
peculiarity, except that it is shorter and smaller than the 
three described continental subspecies, and in this respect, as 
well as in general appearance, it greatly resembles that of 
the British form. . 
Hab. France. Type from Ferritres, near Paris. 
Type. Male. B.M. no. 12.1.17.1. Original number 
T. V.S. 644. Collected 23rd December, 1911, and presented 
to the Museum by the Hon. N. ©. Rothschild. 
Dimensions of type :— 
Head and body 1040 mm. (cire.) ; hind foot 298; ear 122. 
