Pekin Sika 117 



Such are the characteristics to be drawn from the descriptions of 

 Messrs. Sclater and Swinhoe, supplemented by the specimens at Woburn 

 Abbey. The first example of this deer seen in England was sent by Mr. 

 Swinhoe, and arrived at the Zoological Gardens in December 1 8 6 1 . 

 Between that date and 1867 six other specimens were received, and in the 

 following year a fawn was born. Up to 1896 the only other specimen 

 was a male presented in the summer of 1889. I have had no opportunity of 

 studying living specimens which could be confidently referred to this form, 

 with the exception of two living at Woburn Abbey in 1896-97, one of 

 which is figured in plate viii. The shortness of the face is a common 

 feature in many island deer. 



Distribution. — Formosa. There is nothing to lead to the belief that 

 this deer has been introduced into the island. 



3. The Pekin Sika — Cervus hortulorum 



Cervus pseudaxis, Gray, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1861, p. 236, nec Eydoux and 

 Souleyet. 



Cervus hortulorum, Swinhoe, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1864, p. 169 ; Lydekker, 

 ibid. 1897, P- 4 2 - 



Cervus dybowskii, Taczanowski, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1876, p. 123 ; Brooke, 

 ibid. 1878, p. 909 ; Noack, Humboldt, vol. viii. p. 4, fig. 1 (1889) ; Lydekker, 

 Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1897, p. 40; nec W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. lviii. p. 186 (1889), Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. part ii. p. 182 (1891). 



Cervus dybowski, Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 22 (1896). 



Plate IX 



Characters. — Size large, intermediate between that of a chital and a red 

 deer, the height at the shoulder being about 3 feet 7 inches ( 1 13.5 centi- 

 metres). Antlers very large and rugged, less flattened than in the common 

 sika, with the brow-tine given off from the beam some distance above the 

 burr. Summer pelage with large white spots ; winter coat of adult very 

 long and shaggy, more or less uniformly coloured, except on the flanks and 

 lower part of the thighs, where it is light fawn, with traces of spots on 

 the hind-quarters ; little or no pure white on the upper lip, the middle of 

 which is chestnut ; the white caudal area in adults small and inconspicuous, 



