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XIX. CERVUS MACNEILLT. 



Cervus cashmirianus macneilli, Lydekker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1909 



p. 588, pi. Ixix, 1910, p. 987. 

 Cervus macneilli, Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1912, p. 571. 



Typical locality Sze-clman border of Tibet. 



Antlers (in C. m. kansuensis) 5-tined, but of a more wapiti- 

 like type than in the preceding species, the two tines of the 

 terminal fork being apparently in a fore-and-aft plane, or 

 nearly so ; general colour ranging from light speckled grey 

 to speckled brown, with the white of the hind-quarters 

 restricted to back of hams, the middle line of tail dark, and 

 a blackish brown patch on croup, replacing the white one of 

 C. walliclii affinis ; ears and muzzle of the same type as in 

 latter. 



Whether the antlers described under the name of C. cana- 

 densis wardi (supra, p. 138) really belong to this species, 

 remains to be proved. 



The distributional area extends from the Sze-chuan 

 border of Tibet to Kan-su and Yun-nan. 



The two races are distinguished as follows : 



A. General colour grey, tail almost wholly black 



above C. m. macneilli. 



B. General colour brown, tail with a sinous black 



median line ,. C. m. hanstiensis. 



A. Cervus macneilli macneilli. 



General colour pale speckled French grey, becoming 

 somewhat darker on back and still more decidedly so on 

 head, with the greater part of upper side of tail black. Male 

 unknown. 



Typical locality Sze-chuan border of Tibet. 



9. 5. 31. 1. Skin, female, mounted. Sze-chuan border of 

 Tibet.* Type. Presented ly Major M. Macneill, 1909. 



* In the original description the locality was given as Sze-chuan. 



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