2 RECORDS OF BIG ‘GAME 
summer coat is reddish brown, and that of the winter dress greyish 
brown, while the young are profusely spotted. 
Red deer, in the widest sense of the term, are inhabitants of 
Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, and Northern Persia. In the 
typical red deer (C. elaphus typicus) of Sweden, and its representatives 
in Western, Northern, and Central Europe, the antlers attain their 
maximum degree of complexity, sometimes having twenty or even 
more points, although in many Scotch examples the bez-tine is 
wanting. The Swedish red deer is the typical Cervus elaphus of Lin- 
nzus, in other words, Cervus elaphus typicus. From this race the 
Norwegian stock differs by its inferior size, the absence of a mane of 
long hairs on the neck, and the lighter colour of the summer coat. 
The general colour of the Swedish race is dark reddish brown, almost 
chestnut, with the legs sooty or blackish brown; while in the Nor- 
wegian animal the colour is yellowish brown tinged with grey, the legs 
being paler and of a brownish slaty grey. The rump-patch is also 
lighter in the Norwegian race, being reddish yellow with a blackish 
border, while that of the Swedish red deer is less distinct, sometimes 
scarcely differing in colour from the flanks. There are also differences 
in the skulls of the two races, especially noticeable in the case of hinds. 
The Norwegian red deer has been named Cervus elaphus atlanticus ; 
and the Scotch red deer may belong to the same race, although 
it has been named C. e. scotzcus. Three races of red deer have been 
named in Germany; and the Spanish red deer is certainly distinct. 
Nevertheless, all these forms of red deer are so near one another 
that they may be alluded to collectively as the western race. 
The Corsican red deer (C. elaphus corsicanus), of Corsica and 
Sardinia, is a very small race, with the bez-tine of the antlers wanting, 
and the general colour of the upper-parts dark brown in summer and 
blackish in the winter. Nearly allied is the North African red deer (C. 
elaphus barbarus), which is of rather larger dimensions, with a greyish- 
brown streak down the middle of the back, and small irregular 
whitish spots on the flanks and sometimes on the back; traces of such 
spots being occasionally observable in the summer coat of hinds of the 
typical race. The bez-tine seems to be very generally wanting. 
The Eastern red deer (C. elaphus maral) is a large race, described 
on page 29. 
In a red deer killed at Spetchley Park the weight was 419 lbs. 
gross, and 216 when cleaned; while in one shot at Knowsley many 
years ago the clean weight was no less than 424 lbs. The height at 
the shoulder reaches about 4 feet. H.R.H. the Duke of Braganza 
saw a Continental stag shot which scaled 584 lbs., and shot a I O-pointer 
with a spread of 55 inches. 
