1908.] MAMMALS FROM NORTH CHINA. 645 



as indicated by the number of tracks, but diiScult to secure as 

 they do not flush till one is close upon them." — M. P. A. 



20. Capreolus bedfordi Thos. (Plate XXXII.) 

 Abstr. P.Z. S. 1908, p. 32 (June 16). 



cT. 1612, 1614 (skulls only). §. 1615. 100 miles KW. of 

 Tai-Yuen-Fu, Shan-si. 8000'. 



Size rather larger than in the European C. capreolus, therefore 

 much smaller than in Q. pygargus. Horns comparatively small, 

 therefore not like those of G. tianshanicus. 



General colour above of a winter specimen bufiy clay-colour, 

 rather paler than the tone often rather loosely called " red " by 

 sporting writers, therefore very different from the grepsh brown 

 of C. capreolus. Under surface dull whitish, the hairs grey at 

 base, then whitish, washed terminally with pale fulvous. Head 

 rather more rufous. Area behind nostrils blackish, but, at least 

 in the winter coat, without the marked black band characteristic 

 of C. capreolus. Lips, both upper and lower, and chin dull white, 

 without blackish marks laterally. Hairs of throat " drab-grey," 

 with whitish tips. Ears grizzled buify and blackish, with darker 

 edges, their internal surfaces whitish. Limbs dull bufiy or pale 

 tawny, more fulvous proximally, paler distally. 



Skull larger than that of C. capreolus, markedly smaller than 

 in C. 2:)ygargus. Horns comparatively slender, with the usual 

 three tines. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in flesh : — 



Head and body 1125 mm. ; hind foot 310 ; ear 130. 



Skull of type — condylo-basal length 186 mm.* 



Skull of old male — condylo-basal length 207 mm. ; greatest 

 breadth 95 ; length of nasals 70 ; interorbital breadth 57; palatal 

 length 126 ; length of upper tooth-series 66. 



The condylo-basah lengths of two adult males of G. pygargus are 

 221 and 225 mm., while in a pair of G. capreolus this measurement 

 is 184(d) and 181 ( $ ). 



Type. Old female. B.M. No. 8.8.7.99. Original number 1615. 

 Collected 25 November, 1907. 



Although the original description is of a character to make 

 identification difficult, I have little doubt that this is the Roe 

 described by Noack f as G.\ervus'\ % pygargus var. 'niantschuricus, 

 but this name, being preoccupied in the genus Gervus, was invalid 

 «6 initio, and cannot be reinstated (as was done by Lydekker §), 

 whatever genus the animal is afterwards proved to belong to. 



Under these circumstances I have particular pleasure in naming 

 it after the Society's President, the Duke of Bedford, K.G., in 



* Slightly distorted, probably below the normal size. 



t 'Humboldt,' viii. p. 9, 1889. 



J That the C. stands for Cermis and not Capreolus is clear from the fact that in 

 this paper the whole of the Cervida3 are included in one genus, the subordinate 

 genera being barely accorded the rank of " groups." 



§ ' Deer of all Lands/ p. 231, 1898. 



