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now become scarce in a wild state in the Russian Altai owing 

 to the number which are shot by the native and liussian hunters, 

 who sell their horns, if killed while " in the velvet," at high prices 

 to the Chinese. They are, however, kept alive in parks at several 



Cerviis adatic'us, var. songarica, Severtzofl'. 

 — Cervus eudephnnus, Blanfoi-d. 



From the Kulclja district. (Kegel.) 



places in the Altai for the sake of their horns, which are annually 

 cut for sale, and wiiich sometimes realize as much as 100 roubles 

 a pair at the rate of ]0 roubles a pound. 



The killing of these deer has now been prohibited by the 



