930 mh. n. iiyDUKKHii on a. new Dec. 1, 



of which runs a series of small round whitish spots ; limbs with a 

 black network enclosing large round reddish-white spots ; tail 

 striped with black at the base, uniform coralline-red in its posterior 

 half ; lower parts uniform white. In the adult female (Brava) 

 now befox-e me the upper parts are of a nearly uniform isabolline 

 colour, with mere traces oE the dark stripes and spots of tlie young, 

 all of which, however, can still be distinguished, and the tail is 

 coloured like the body. 



The following are the dimensions of the two specimens de- 

 scribed by me ; both belong to the Genoa Museum : — 



$ . Hgr. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 153 155 



Head 12 10 



Width of head _. 7-5 5 



From end of snout to fore limb 18 14 



„ „ „ vent 48 45 



Fore limb 18 15 



Hind limb 36 30 



Tail 105 110 



The type specimen came from Brava (if. Brenner, one of the 

 companions of C. vou der Decken). The types of i'7. edivardsi 

 are noticed simply as from Somaliland (Rivoil). A single specimen 

 from tlie Tana Eiver (Chanler) has been recorded by Stejneger. 

 I have lately been able to examine two specimens, one from Brava, 

 the original locality (Bottcgo), and one from between Obbia and 

 Berbera (Eobeceld). 



4: On an apparently New Deer from North China, in the 

 Menagerie of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. 

 By R. Lydekkeu, B.A., P.R.S., &c. 

 [Eeceived September 10, 1896.] 

 (Plates XLVIII. & XLIX.) 



During a visit to Woburn Abbey in August last, His Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford directed my attention to a large male Deer 

 recently purchased from a dealer, and said to have been obtained 

 from the neighbourhood of Pekin. The animal, although not fully 

 adult, is larger than any example of the Red Deer that I have seen, 

 but appears undoubtedly to belong to the same (ElapJune) group 

 of the genus Oervus, although its antlers are only in the stage of 

 development permanently cliaracteristic of the Pseudaxine group — 

 that is to say, they have but four tines each. At this time the 

 general colour of the fur — which is short, smooth, and glossy — 

 was bright reddish bay, and there was no trace of a light disk on 



