1873.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE DEER. 575 



tawny ; hocks chestnut tawny, as also the outer side of tarsus below 

 the glandular patch. Hoofs black, light brown colour at tips. 

 Belly and inside of fore legs brownish white, a deep-brown line run- 

 ning down centre of breast. Between thighs and under tail pure 

 white. Head, neck, hack, and outer edges of ears brown, whitish 

 near edge of under lip and on throat ; a deep-brown spot on chin ; 

 inside of ears pure white, their backs whitish at outer base. 



Measurements. 



ft. in. 



Thigh-joint to tip of toe 2 9 



Shoulder-joint to tip of toe 2 6| 



Elbow-joint to knee-joint 10 



Knee-joint to carpal joint 7 2 



Carpal joint to hoof 3| 



Hoof of fore foot 1 "7 



Hip to hock-joint 1 3^ 



Hock-joint to tarsal joint 11 



Tarsal joint to hoof 3| 



Hoof of hind foot If 



Tail to tips of hair 8£ 



Head, length of 10| 



„ depth of, at gape 3^ 



„ depth of, before eye 4| 



„ depth of, at horns 5| 



Ear, length of 7 



„ breadth of 2f 



Eye to tip of nose 5| 



Between ears 3| 



Between horns ■. 2 # 4 



Length of eye 1 1 



Between eyes (fore canthus) 2g 



Between eyes (hind canthus) 3| 



Length of lachrymal slit 0| 



Neck 11 



Upper lip 3| 



Under lip 2| 



Breadth of nose 1| 



Depth of nose 1 



Split of toes of fore foot 3f 



Split of toes of hind foot 3f 



The skull of this creature is now before me. It seems to 

 me to resemble the skull of Hydropotes more than that of any 

 other species I am acquainted with. It has the same Rusine 

 characters of the base of the cranium pointed out by Sir Victor 

 Brooke, and has also a similar small lachrymal sinus or cru- 

 men contained within the lachrymal bone itself. The cartila- 

 ginous space, however, at the meeting of the frontal, maxillary, 

 nasal, and lachrymal bones is very large ; and the backward end 

 of the supraorbital foramen extends beyond the postorbital line. 



