LÖNNBERG, ON THE GEOGR. RACES OF RED DEER IN SCANDIN. 



Two yoiing stags from Hitteren in Norway with tbe last 



molar developed, but not worn, have a basicranial length of 



resp. 303 and 310 mm. wbile tbe same dimension of a swe- 



disb stag with similar ant- 



lei^s and just developed last 



molar is 330 mm. Tbis dif- 



ference in size is, bowever, 



more conspicuous than tbe 



mere figures seem to indi- 



cate. Tbe facial portion of 



tbe skulls look very diffe- 



rent. Tbis is cbiefly due to 



tbe sbape of tbe nasals in 



tbe two races. In tbe swe- 



disb deer tbe nasals are 



transversally curved so tbat 



tbey form togetber a longi- 



tudinal roof or ridge of tbe 



nose all tbe way from tbe tip 



of tbe nasals to tbe antorbital 



vacuity, well visible especi- 



ally wlien tbe skull is seen 



from tbe side (fig. 2). The 



nasals are also as a rule de- 



oidedly longer in tbe swe- 



dish race. Tn tbe norwegian 



race tbe nasals are mucb 



flatter, so tbat tbey are, 



when tbe skull is viewed 



from tbe side, bardly, or not 



at all visible in front above 



tbe ends of tbe premaxilla- 



ries (fig, 4). Posteriorly tbey 



are also mucb more expan- 



ded and less convex tban in 



tbe swedisb race. Tbis dif- 



ferent sbape of tbe nasals 



may also be expressed so tbat tbe combined greatest widtb 



of both nasals is in tbe swedisb race contained about 3 times^ 



3 ti mes. 



