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The two races are distinguishable as follows : 



A. General colour in summer not markedly reddish ; 



backs of ears blackish C. b. bedfordi. 



B. General colour in summer more distinctly red ; 



backs of ear black .. ,. C. b. melanotis. 



A. Capreolus bedfordi bedfordi. 



General colour in summer not markedly reddish, and 

 backs of ears blackish, not contrasting strongly with general 

 colour. 



Typical locality Manchuria ; the range includes Shan-si. 



97. 10. 3. 57. Skin, female. Korea ; collected by Mr. 

 J. Kalinowski. Purchased, 1897. 



99. 1. 7. 1. Head, immature, mounted. Manchuria. 



Presented ly the Duke of Bedford, K.G., 1899. 



8. 8. 7. 97-98. Two skulls, with antlers. One hundred 

 miles north-west of Tai-Yuen-Fu, Shan-si, N.E. China ; 

 collected by M. P. Anderson, Esq., November, 1907. Noticed 

 by Thomas, Proc. Zool Soc., 1908, p. 645. Same donor, 1908. 



8. 8. 7. 99. Skull and skin, female in winter coat. Same 

 'locality and collector. Type of species ; figured by Thomas, 

 op. cit., pi. xxxii. Same history. 



10. 5. 1. 92. Skin, female. Khinghan Mountains, 

 Manchuria. Purchased, 1910. 



10. 5. 1. 93. Skull and skin, young female. Same 

 locality. Same history. 



10. 5. 1. 94. Skull, with antlers, and skin, immature. 

 Same locality. Same history. 



B. Capreolus bedfordi melanotis. 



Capreolus melanotis, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxiv, 

 p. 231, 1911. 



Typical locality Kan-su, western China. 



Type in U.S. National Museum, Washingion. 



General colour (of female) in summer more distinctly 

 reddish than in typical race, and backs of ears deep black, 

 contrasting strongly with general colour. Males in winter 

 are grizzled grey, with more or less pronounced black tips to 

 the ears. 



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