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RECORDS OF RIG GAME 



Head of Siberian Roe. 



SIBERIAN ROE (Capreolus pygargus). 



Larger than the last, the height at the shoulder varying from 28 

 to 34 inches ; the ears shorter and more hairy, the white rump-patch 

 larger, and the antlers longer and more rugose with numerous nodose 

 snags. 



Mr. St. George Littledale says the specimens he observed barked 

 like a " barking deer." 



Distribution. — From the Altai and mountains of Turkestan to Siberia, 

 and probably the Caspian provinces of Persia. 



