Peco DS OF BiG GAME 
From a Photograph by Whyte. . 
Antlers of Red Deer killed by the late Lord Burton, with fully developed cups. Counting from 
the skull upwards, the first tine is the brow, the second the bez, and the third the trez, above 
which come the surroyals, or crown, The main shaft is termed the beam. 
The RED DEER (Cervus elaphus). 
THE red deer of Western Europe is the typical representative of 
the genus Cervus, in which the antlers of the males are set on the skull 
at an oblique angle to the middle line of the forehead, and always have 
a brow-tine, while they are generally more or less nearly cylindrical, 
although sometimes palmated. There is always a large bare portion 
on the muzzle, the, face is long, the ears are generally large, and the 
tail is comparatively short, often extremely so. Although there is 
almost always a gland and tuft on the hind cannon-bone, usually 
situated high up, there is none on the hock itself. The coat may be 
spotted. 
In the red deer the antlers are subcylindrical and complex, 
generally with a bez-tine, and always with a trez, the number of points 
exceeding five, and the crown frequently forming a cup. -The tail is 
relatively long and pointed, and there is a distinct light-coloured patch 
on the buttocks, which includes the tail, although in the summer coat 
the tail*itself is dark-coloured. The general colour of the adult 
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