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coat in summer, which becomes greyer in winter. 

 Tlie male stands 3 feet 6 inches to 4 feet 3 inches 

 at the shoulder, and measures 5 feet G inches to 

 6 feet 6 inches from the nose to the tip of the tail. 



The antlers make their first appearance in the 

 male at ei^ht to ten months. They are shed every 



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Fig 47.— The Red Deer {Cervus elaphus). (Photo, from life 

 by J. E. AcUard.) 



year and increase in complexity with each new 

 growth. " The first horns/^ says Mr. Millais/ " in 

 the feral race are straight and simple spikes about 

 4 to 7 inches long, with a small coronet. During 

 the following year brow points are added, and after- 

 wards points grow according to the peculiar type 



* Loc. cit., vol. iii, p. 93. 



