YARKAND STAG 35 
Skull and Antlers of Yarkand Stag. From Mr. A. O. Hume’s specimen. 
The YARKAND STAG (Cervus yarcandensis). 
This stag, which inhabits the Tarim Valley and Maralbashi in 
Eastern Turkestan, differs markedly from the hangul by the large 
and well-defined light rump-patch, which includes the tail ; and by the 
general colour being light rufous fawn. The antlers are usually 
5-tined, but by the development of a third snag to the crown may 
become (as in the figure) 6-tined. They differ from those of the 
hangul in that the terminal fork is placed at right angles to the 
middle line of the head so as to look directly forwards. The fifth 
