BARBARY RED DEER— DUKE OF BEDFORD'S DEER 35 



BARBARY RED DEER (Cervus elaphus barbarus). 

 For characters, see under heading of Cervus elaphus. 



Length C'rcum. 



on out- '=;="<:= Tip to Widest c , „ . , ,. 



side ^"""7 Tip. inside. ^P'-e.-'d- Ponns. Locality. 



r..,„.^ bezand 



trez. 



364 4J 

 368 4i 



i7i 2Si 



6 + 5 North Africa 

 4 + 4 Do. 



4 + 4 Do. 



Owner. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 

 British Museum. 

 Do. 



DUKE OF BEDFORD'S DEER (Cervus xanthopygus). 



Apparently allied to the red deer, but the antlers probably with 

 not more than seven points each, and the coat rather more wapiti-like. 

 Tail comparatively short, and limbs relatively long, as is the face. In 

 summer the head and neck are dark slaty, as are the inner sides of the 

 limbs, while the rest of the upper parts is bright foxy red (occasionally 

 browner), with the tail-patch sometimes totally wanting, or rather in- 

 distinct, and little or no black on the under parts and inner surfaces of 

 the thighs ; in winter the upper parts brownish gray with a very large 

 and conspicuous bright orange tail-patch and a blackish mane, the tips 

 of the hairs showing a large amount of black. 



This deer inhabits Manchuria, and probably some of the other 

 districts of North-Eastern Asia, but the western limits of its range are 

 still undetermined. It is regarded by Monsieur E. de Pousargues as 

 inseparable from the Manchurian wapiti ; but this is not borne out by 

 the specimens now living in England. If they survive, the question 

 can be decided in a year or two. 



Length 



on out- Circum- Tip to Widest p_;n.-. 

 side ference. Tip. inside. *^°'"'s- 

 curve. 



Locality. 



Owner. 



-20 J 4i I4i 



4-1-3 Manchuria 



Paris Museum (Type Specimen). 



