THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
pine forests, on the eastern side of the Chumbi Valley ; but about December 
the forest is disturbed by the villagers, who at this time are collecting their 
winter’s supply of fuel, and the stags appear, for the most part, to return 
eastwards to Bhutan. They rarely cross to the western bank of the Ammo 
Chu and this river may be said to be the limit of their habitat on the west.” 
Wallich’s deer ( C . wallichi) is found in Nepal. It was described by 
Cuvier in 1835 from a native sketch of an animal living in the menagerie 
at Barrackpore and said to have come from Muktinath, north of Dwalagiri 
in Nepal. The arrival in England of a specimen, the first ever imported, 
which was presented by H.M. King George to the Zoological Society and is 
at present in the gardens, “ has made it possible to classify a species which, 
for nearly a century, has been a puzzle to all systematic workers on the 
deer.” Yellowish grey brown in colour, with pale legs, a very short white 
tail, and a large white caudal disc, a full-grown stag stands about 51 inches 
at the shoulder. The antlers of the specimen under discussion are short 
but massive, and in 1913 and 1914 carried ten points, a normal head. 
They resemble those of a hangul and have not the characteristic forward 
tendency of the shou. Length (1913), 37 inches; beam, 5£ inches. This 
particular animal was caught as a fawn near Lake Mansarowar, in the 
upper reaches of the Sanpo Valley, at an elevation of about 6,300 feet. It 
was in its second year in 1909. 
Thorold’s deer ( C . albirostris) was originally described by Przewalski, 
two examples being subsequently obtained by Dr Thorold about 200 miles 
to the north-east of Lhasa. They were secured at an elevation of about 
13,500 feet, in the snow among brushwood just above the forest. About 
the same size as the hangul it is distinguished by the smooth, flattened 
antlers, which lack the bez tine and have a wapiti-like appearance. The 
trez is nearly in the same plane with the tines above it. The tine coming 
third in this species (but fourth in those with the bez developed) is longer 
than the others. The antlers bend backwards at the origin of the trez tine. 
The number of points on each antler is either four or five. A pure white 
muzzle and chin and white inner surface to the ears are equally distinctive. 
The hair on the middle of the back is reversed, forming an apparent hump 
on the withers. The tail is short and included in the large straw-coloured 
rump patch. The hairs on the body somewhat resemble those of the musk 
deer. This species has also been called C. nariyanus and C. thoroldi. 
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