CHAPTER XVIII 



THE WHITE-MANED SEROW 



argyrochcetes) 



THE shots which I had heard came, as I thought, 

 from George's rifle. He had killed two rams, one 

 with a very pretty head. Wishing to kill a really 

 good one, he and Chi-shi went up the glen to a cave 

 at the foot of his ground and stayed there for two 

 days. I returned to Archuen, where he joined me 

 on September 30th without having had a shot. 

 My efforts after roe proving equally hopeless, we 

 determined to try for a white-maned serow (Nemor- 

 hcedus or capricornis argyrochcetes). 



He is a strange beast, with enormous ears like 

 those of a roan antelope and an elongated melan- 

 choly-looking face. The mane from which he takes 

 his name is long, and appears quite white at a 

 distance, though this varies, of course, with the 

 individual. There are many rufous hairs mingled, 

 which gives it a decidedly reddish tinge at close 

 quarters. The name was given to this variety by 

 Pere Heude in 1888. 



The general colour is a dark blackish grey, 

 shading to burnt sienna on the lower part of the 

 forelegs. The hindquarters are distinctly reddish 

 in tone. The tail is short and dark. The eye is 



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