944 ME. R. I. POCOCK ox AVARNING COLORATIOX [DeC. 15, 



Length of ear 9" ; widest part 7|". 



Hind-leg level with the point where the loose skin joins the 



belly (as before) 18". 

 Widest part of body (as before) 46". 

 Narrowest part of body in front of hind-legs 38|". 



These dimensions indicate animals rather larger than Sumatran 

 Serows ; and in some degree justify Mr. Henry's statement as to 

 the Chinese animal being as large as a cow. 



In my opinion, Mr. Brooke's specimens fully justify the re- 

 cognition of Nemorhceclus argyrochcetes as a valid species, especially 

 as it appears to inhabit the same district as N. milne-echvardsi. 

 The ears of the White-maned species appear to be rather larger 

 than those of the other. 



Mr. Brooke mentions that the White-maned Serow is known to 

 the natives as " Nikka" and the dark species as " Nik-lu." 



The Sze-chuen race of the true Serow has the back black mingled 

 with white ; the front of the fore-legs is black to the knees, 

 oelow which the limb is gTe}^ with patches of rusty ; the hips and 

 posterior surfaces of the hind-limbs are rufous, the black on the 

 front surface extending some distance short of the hocks. These 

 particulars are taken from a mounted skin presented by Mr. Brooke 

 to the Museum. 



I may add that 1 have given a preliminary notice of the 

 specimens forming the subject of this paper in the ' Field ' for 

 October 8th, 1908. 



5. Warning Coloration in the Musteline Carnivora *. By 

 R. I. PocoCK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent o£ the 

 Zoological Society's Gardens. 



[Received December 15, 1908.] 



(Text-figures 193-198.) 



As long ago as 1846, Hamilton Smith wrote : " The Ratels offer 

 one more instance of the colours of the fur being light oh the 

 upper surface of the body and dark beneath, producing a kind of 

 family livery, alike in this and the Grisons, Taxidea and Meles, 

 and not obliterated in Eira [Galerci] and Arctonyx." "f The 

 circumstance in fact is so well known that it would be profitless 

 to search literature for earlier and even later records. Some 

 later authors indeed have drawn attention to the style of colora- 

 tion above described as being uncommon and as a " divergence 



* Under the term Musteline I include in this paper both Weasel-like and 

 Badger-like Carnivora, which are generally referred to two distinct subfamilies, 

 Mustelinaj and Melinse. I have not aimed at making the list of nauseous species 

 complete ; but have based my conclusions in the main upon those which have come, as 

 living animals, directly under my own observation. 



t Jardine's Nat. Library, xv. Mammalia, pp. 205-206. 



