. The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structure . ded that they all perished in the manner indicated in Dr. BushelTsletter. And there is but little hope of the species being found in the wiUlstate in Turkestan, if indeed that country really be its originalhabitat, as stated by the Chinese writer referred to abm^e. Fortiuiately, long betore the extermination (A the imperial hertls atPekin a considerable number of specimens of this most interesting deerhad been brought to luirope, where it has bred readily. A pair were
. The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structure . ded that they all perished in the manner indicated in Dr. BushelTsletter. And there is but little hope of the species being found in the wiUlstate in Turkestan, if indeed that country really be its originalhabitat, as stated by the Chinese writer referred to abm^e. Fortiuiately, long betore the extermination (A the imperial hertls atPekin a considerable number of specimens of this most interesting deerhad been brought to luirope, where it has bred readily. A pair werepresented in 1S69 to the Zoological Society of Lomlon by the late SirRutherford Alcock, and a second pair were purchased by the Society in1883. (^f late years the Duke of Bedford has been forming a herd atWoburn Abbey, which now (June 1901) includes oyer twenty head. So PLATE V I. Pcre Davids Deer. 6. Manchurian Leopard, z. Chinese Water-Deer. 7. Wild Cat. 3. Michies Tufted Deer. 8. Fuchow Cat. 4. Wild Boar. 9. Spanish Lynx. 5. Manchurian Tiger. 10. Wild Dog, Game of Europe, Asia&; America. Plate EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC TYPES. PwhlLshed. iyHmvlaxd Ward. Ltd. « Pere Davids Deer 261 far as is known, with the exception of a very few specimens in continentalmenageries, the Woburn herd comprises all the individuals of this speciesnow surviving ; and its destiny will consequently be watched with greatinterest by naturalists. Hitherto its condition and progress have beenfairly satisfactory, the losses by death not being excessive, and the pro-portion ot males and females among the fliwns not unduly high. In1901 five fawns were born, one ot which was a male, while two were
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