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form a series of small irregular, nodular snags ; winter coat 

 thicker and rougher, being shaggy on the sides and lower 

 portion of the head, chest, and under-parts ; back, which is 

 coloured a mixture of yellowish and greyish brown, more 

 distinctly speckled with blackish, and the white rump-patch 

 extending in a short V on to the flanks ; in summer the coat 

 a brighter and lighter rufous, with the hairs lying more 

 smoothly, when first donned showing little or no signs of 

 a light rump-patch, but a yellowish white disk gradually 

 developing in this region as the season advances, apparently 

 by fading ; face-markings generally similar to those of the 

 European species. 



The range extends, in suitable localities, from the 

 mountains of Russian Turkestan and the Altai to Siberia; 

 and probably includes the mountains of the Caspian provinces 

 of Persia ; in Siberia not extending so far north as the range 

 of some species of Cervus, the northern limit being about the 

 53rd or 54th parallel of latitude, and not ranging so far as 

 the mouth of the Amur river. During winter the species 

 migrate south into Manchuria, and apparently Korea. 



A complete " key " to the races cannot yet be given. 



A. Capreolus pygargus firghanieus. 



Capreolus pygargus firghanicus, Raaewig, Semja ochotn. 1909, p. 160. 



Typical locality Ferghana district of Eussian Turkestan. 

 The original description not accessible to writer. 

 No specimen in collection. 



B. Capreolus pygargus pygargus. 



Typical locality the Semiretshinsk Altai. 

 General characters those of the species; antlers com- 

 paratively simple, with a maximum recorded length of 

 15 J inches. 



42. 3. 13. 1. Skin, formerly mounted. Siberia. 



Purchased (Brandt), 1842. 



42. 3. 13. 2. Skin, female, originally mounted. Siberia, 



Same history. 

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