28 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
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Skull and Antlers of Eastern Red Deer shot in the Western Caucasus by 
Mr. St. George Littledale. 
C.—EASTERN RED DEER or MARAL (C. elaphus maral). 
In this race of the red deer, which may intergrade with some of the 
western races by means of the Carpathian form, the height at the shoulder 
reaches to about 44 feet, and the build is stouter, the neck thicker, 
and the face in the hinds longer and more pointed than in the true red 
deer. The summer coat of immature animals is very generally 
marked with numerous yellowish spots, and at all ages is much less red 
than in the western races, being, in fact, grey in September. The colour 
of the winter coat is dark slaty grey on the back, with the rump-patch 
of a very bright yellow, and a large amount of black on the shoulders, 
