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MR. A. DE CARLE SOWERBY ON 



suitable to the requirements of these deer. The two specimens 

 referred to by Heude must have been kept in captivity in some 

 temple, or else had been brought for sale as game from some other 

 province. 



Cervus ignottts might be the illegible name on the specimen 

 (No. 13 in the list) referred to above, while Cervus t/uaikus, sup- 

 posed by Heude to be an extinct species, may or may not belong 

 to the same species as the rest of the Yang-tze Sikas. 



Thus, I propose dividing the Sikas inliabiting China, Man- 

 churia, and the Primorsk or Maritime Province into the following 

 valid species : — 



1. Cervi(,s kopschi Swin. Yang-tze Valley. 



2. „ viantchuricus Swin. Ussuri Basin to the 



plains of Western Manchuria. 



3. ,, dyhoivsMl Tacz. The Primorsk. 



4. „ mandarinus M.-Edw. Chihli and North 



China. 



5. ,, ditgennianus Heude. Tonkin, S. China. 

 The Sika that inhabits Shansi might temporarily be referred to 



C mmidccrimcs, while that occurririg in Northern Corea might be 

 placed with 0. mantchn.ricus till specimens have been secured for 

 comparison and description. ^ 



Genus Caprioornis. 



In going over the collection of Serows in the Museum I 

 examined 26 skulls, with a number of the corresponding skins. 

 Altogether I found 24 species as follows : — 



1 



i All collected by Fai-g-es at Tclien- 

 I kou-tino; in N.E. Ssueliuan. 



West Ssuclman and Moupin. 

 > Moupin, collected by M. Briand. 



Han-uliang-fu, Sheusi. 



Kuang-tung (Canton Province). 

 7 Chao-hing-fu (Hsao-shing-fu), 

 ' Chekiang. 



f- Along Baj', Tonkin. 



J 

 Keclieii, Tonkin. 

 Keso, Tonkin. 

 Keso, Tonkin. 



C. morianus I was unable to find in the collection. 



