THE SHOU 



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Length 



Spread. 



THOEOLD'S DEEE (Cervus albirostris). 



Thorold's deer is of the same approximate dimensions as the 

 hangul, from which it is readily distinguished by the more flattened 

 antlers, which have no bez tine, and do not curve inwards, but are sud- 

 denly bent backwards at the point of origin of the trez ; the total number 

 of points being either five or four. Equally distinctive is the pure white 

 muzzle and chin, the white inner surface of the ears, the reversal of the 

 hair on the middle of the back, so as to form a kind of hump on the 

 withers with the points of the hairs directed towards the neck, the low 

 position and large size of the gland-tuft on the hind cannon-bone, and 

 the shortness of the tail, which is included in the very large straw- 

 coloured area of the buttocks. The general colour of the coat is 

 uniformly dark brown, with the hairs, which are remarkable for their 

 coarse and brittle nature, minutely speckled. 



The Tibetan plateau, with perhaps some of the neighbouring parts 



