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are the slightly larger size of the face-glands, the more distinct development 

 of the tail, and the shorter and broader hoofs. 



In referring to this form, Sir Victor Brooke writes as follows : — " Most 

 authors have considered C. pygargus to be a large variety of the common 

 roe. There are, however, in the British Museum two specimens purchased 

 from Brandt, and said to be from Siberia, which, in their very much larger 

 size, larger anal disk, and much more hairy ears, differ widely from all 

 specimens of the common species. Specimens of roe from Mantchuria in 



Fig. 62. — Abnormal Antlers of Siberian Roe. From a photograph lent by Mr. Carl Hagenbeck. 



the British and Paris Museums are very much smaller than the above- 

 mentioned specimens ; they also differ from the larger specimens and the 

 common roe in some details of coloration. It is not improbable that the 

 Mantchurian roe may prove to be a third modification of the form." 



With regard to Brandt's specimens in the British Museum, one formerly 

 exhibited in the mammal gallery is not, as mounted, so tall as a roe 

 from Dorsetshire in the Museum, as it measures only 26 inches at the 

 shoulder. This is, however, very probably due to faulty taxidermy, as the 

 skin is evidently that of a much larger animal, and appears set up in too 

 bulky a form. In all its characters it agrees with the descriptions given by 



