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Show 930 MR. R. LYDEKKER ON A NEW Dec. 1, of which runs a series of small round whitish spots ; limbs black network enclosing large round reddish-white spots ; tail striped with black at the base, uniform coralline-red in its posterior half ; lower parts uniform white. In the adult female (Brava) now before me the upper parts are of a nearly uniform isabelline colour, with mere traces of the dark stripes and spots of the young, all of which, however, can still be distinguished, and the tail is coloured like the body. The following are the dimensions of the two specimens described by me ; both belong to the Genoa Museum :- 2 • Hgr. millim. millim. Total length 153 155 Head 12 10 Width of head 7-5 5 From end of snout to fore limb 18 14 „ „ „ vent 48 45 Fore limb 18 15 Hind limb 36 30 Tail 105 110 The type specimen came from Brava (R. Brenner, one of the companions of C. von der Deeken). The types of E. edwardsl are noticed simply as from Somaliland (Revoil). A single specimen from the Tana River (Chanler) has been recorded by Stejneger. I have lately been able to examine two specimens, one from Brava, the original locality (Bottego), and one from between Obbia and Berbera (Bobecchi). 4. On an apparently New Deer from North China, in the Menagerie of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. By R. LYDEKKER, B.A., F.R.S., &c. [Eeceived September 10, 1896.] (Plates XLVIII. & XLIX.) During a visit to Woburn Abbey in August last, His Grace the Duke of Bedford directed my attention to a large male Deer recently purchased from a dealer, and said to have been obtained from the neighbourhood of Pekin. The animal, although not fully adult, is larger than any example of the Red Deer that I have seen, but appears undoubtedly to belong to the same (Elaphine) group of the genus Cervus, although its antlers are only in the stage of development permanently characteristic of the Pseudaxine group- that is to say, they have but four tines each. At this time the general colour of the fur-which is short, smooth, and glossy- was bright reddish bay, and there was no trace of a light disk on |