4 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 3. N:0 9. 



less than 352 mm.^ The size alone is therefore not always suffi- 

 cient to prove the origin of a red deer skull from one or the other 



Fig. 1. Skull ot young swedish stag. 



of the two ScaDdinavicin races, hut in most cases it is, if the age 

 of the animal is considered. A typicai example may be quoted. 



1 The basicranir.l length ot a larger swedish stag Ib 373 although it 

 is not very old. 



