44 MR. K. LYDEKKER ON THE [JaU. 19, 



brownish grey. The under-parfs were light-coloured ; and there 

 w as a distinct white spot on the hind leg below tlie hock. Com- 

 pared with the type of C 7wrtulorum, the buck differs by the 

 greater amount of black and white on the buttocks ; but as it is 

 identical in other respects, -nhile the Woburn does are in all 

 respects similar to the one in the British Museum, there appears 

 no doubt as to their specific identity. It was, of course, impossible 

 to determine the height of these Deer, but it was decidedly greater 

 than that of a Fallow Deer, and probably about 3 ft. 4 in. Indeed, 

 the Pekia Deer appeared to be taller than any of the Woburn 

 Sicines ; but whether they are superior in this respect to the type 

 of C sira mani-liurims I am not certain, as there do not seem to 

 be any Deer at Woburn precisely resembling the latter iu stature. 

 Be this as it may, C. hortidorum appears to be a more " leggy " 

 animal than any of the varieties of sica. Its bright colour, its 

 numerous spots at all seasons, the leaden-blue colour of the base 

 of the neck and face of the bucks, the light under-parts, and its 

 large size serve amply to distinguish this well-markecl species from 

 all its kiudred. 



As habits are sometimes an important aid iu the discrimination 

 of species, it may be well to mention that the three Pekin Deer 

 at Woburn never associate with the Sicas, but keep more or less 

 to themselves. It may be added that by Christmas the buck at 

 Woburn had developed a very shaggy coat, on which some of the 

 spots are rather less briUiant than they were in autumn, and that 

 the under-parts had turned dark grey. 



The Society is indebted to the Duke of Bedford for the loan of the 

 sketches from which the accompanying Plate (Plate I.) is copied. 



3. Mandarin Deer. — Certus mandaeinus, 



Cervus mandarinns,A. Milne-Edwards,Eecherches Mamm. p. 184, 

 pis. xxii., xxii. a. (1871) '; Brooke, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 968. 

 ? Cervus axis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 169. 



Hah. Central China (? Hankow). 



In his description of this Deer, Prof. Milne-Edwards remarks 

 that it is distinguished from C. manchuricus by the more profuse 

 spotting of the summer coat, and the retention of a large, although 

 somewhat smaller, number of distinct spots in the winter dress on 

 the body — the ground-colour of the latter being dark chestnut- 

 brown, and the neck and under-parts also brown ; while there is 

 a very thick frill of long hairs on the throat. It is also mentioned 

 that the colour of the summer coat is much brighter than in 

 manchuricus. These observations are fully borne out by the two 

 plates accompanying the memoir, which illustrate the type 

 specimen at both seasous. Prom these it appears that the tail is 



' Tbe date on the titlepage of the ■volume is 1868-74, but Prof. Mihie- 

 Edwui'ds has comuumicated to lue the date of tlie pai't eontuining the 

 desL-ription of this species. 



