258 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



(?) Hydropotes argyropus, Heude, C. R. Ac. Sci. Paris, vol. xcviii, 



p. 1017, 1884; Hilzheimer, Abh. Mus. Naturkunde Magdeburg, 



vol. i, p. 171, 1906. 

 Hydrelaphus inermis, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 221, pi. xvii, 



fig. 2, 1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 266, 1901 ; 



Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 691, 1905; Elliot, Cat. 



Mamm. Field Mus. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. viii) p. 89, 1907 ; 



Allen, Bull. Mus. Harvard Coll. vol. xl, p. 204, 1912. 

 Hydropotes kreyenbergi, Hilzheimer, Zool. Anz. vol. xxix, p. 298, 



1905, AbJi. Mus. NaturJcunde Magdeburg, vol. i, p. 171, pi. ii, 



1906 ; Allen, Bull. Mus. Harvard Coll. vol. xl, p. 205, 1912. 



CHINESE WATER-DEER. 



Typical locality Chin-kiang, China. 



Height at shoulder about 20 inches ; hairs coarse and 

 thick, longest on neck and rump, on back and sides flattened 

 and undulated from side to side ; general colour light rufous 

 chestnut, stippled with blackish, the rufous most marked on 

 head and backs of ears ; the individual hairs greyish white 

 from the base for the greater part of their length, then 

 blackish brown, and finally light chestnut, the dark rings 

 giving the stippled appearance to the coat ; neck paler than 

 back ; shoulders, limbs, and tail brownish chestnut ; under- 

 parts, front of thighs, chin, throat, a narrow band on muzzle, 

 a mark above each eye, and inner surfaces of ears white or 

 whitish ; young sparsely and indistinctly marked with white 

 spots running in longitudinal lines, especially on hind- 

 quarters, and the hair of back softer than in adults, and 

 uniformly chestnut, without annulations. 



The range extends from the Yang-tsi-kiang Valley to 

 Korea (H. argyropus). 



70. 7. 18. 15 (1551, a). Skull and skin. Island in 

 Yang-tsi-kiang, near Chin-kiang; purchased in Shanghai 

 market, November, 1868, by E. Swinhoe, Esq. Type. 



Purchased, 1870. 



72. 9. 3. 4 (1551, b). Skull and skin. Same locality and 

 collector. Purchased, 1872. 



72. 9. 3. 5 (1551, e). Skull and skin. Shanghai (? mar- 

 ket) ; same collector. Same history. 



72. 9. 3. 6 (1551, d). Skull and head-skin, immature. 

 Same locality and collector. Same history. 



72. 9. 3. 7 (1551, e). Skeleton, mounted, and head-skin. 

 Same locality and collector. Same history. 



