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MR. A. DE CARLE SOWERBY OX 



suitable to the requirements of these deer. The two specimens 

 referred to by Heude must have been kept in captivity in some 

 temple, or else had been brought for sale as game from some other 

 province. 



Cervus ignotus might be the illegible name on the specimen 

 (No. 13 in the list) referred to above, while Cervus yuanus, sup- 

 posed by Heude to be an extinct species, may or may not belong 

 to the same species as the rest of the Yang-tze Sikas. 



Thus, I propose dividing the Sikas inhabiting China, Man- 

 churia, and the Primorsk or Maritime Province into the following 

 valid species : — 



1. Cervus kopschi Swin. Yang-tze Valley. 



2. „ mantchuricus Swin. Ussuri Basin to the 



plains of Western Manchuria. 



3. „ dyboivskii Tacz. The Primorsk. 



4. „ mandarinus M.-Edw. Chihli and North 



China. 



5. ,, dugennianus Heude. Tonkin, S. China. 



The Sika that inhabits Shansi might temporarily be referred to 

 C. mandarinus, while that occurring in Northern Corea might be 

 placed with C. mantchuricus till specimens have been secured for 

 comparison and description. 



Genus Capricornis. 



In goinsf over the collection of Serows in the Museum I 

 examined 26 skulls, with a number of the corresponding skins. 

 Altogether I found 24 species as follows : — 



1. 



Capricornis 



brachyrhimis. 



1 skull. 



1 





o 



11 



chrysochtetes. 



1 „ 







3. 



11 



eryth ro pyg ins. 



1 „ 





All collected by Farges at Tchen 

 kou-ting in N.E. Ssuchuan. 



4. 



11 



fargesianus. 



2 skulls. 





5. 



11 



longicornis. 



1 skull. 







6. 



11 



platyrhiims. 



1 „ 







i . 



11 



cornutus. 



2 skulls. 





West Ssuchuan and Moupin. 



8. 



11 



nasutus. 



1 skull. 



- 





9. 



11 



ungulosus. 



1 „ 





■ Moupin, collected by M. Briand. 



10. 



11 



microdontus. 



I „ 







11. 



11 



vidianus. 



1 „ 





Han-chang-fu, Shensi. 



12. 



11 



collasinus. 



1 „ 





Kuang-tung (Canton Province). 



13. 



11 



argyrochcetes. 



1 „ 



} 



Chao-hing-fu (Hsao-shing-fu), 



It. 



11 



^axillaris. 



1 „ 





Chekiang. 



15. 



11 



maritimus. 



1 „ 







16. 



11 



benetianus. 



1 „ 







17. 



11 



bridannellianus. 



1 „ 







18. 



% 1 



rocherianus. 



1 „ 





> Along Bay, Tonkin. 



19. 



11 



copusianus. 



1 „ 







20. 



11 



brossodianns. 



1 „ 







21. 



11 



acliardianus. 



1 » 



_> 





22. 



11 



marcolinus. 



1 „ 





Kechen, Tonkin. 



23. 



11 



gendreUanus. 



1 „ 





Keso, Tonkin. 



24. 



tl 



berthetianus. 



1 n 





Keso, Tonkin. 



C. morianus I was unable to find in the collection. 



