SHOU OR SIKHIM STAG 37 
Skull and Antlers of Shou. From Mr. A. O. Hume’s specimen. 
The SHOU or SIKHIM STAG (Cervus affinis). 
A very large stag with antlers of the general type of those of the 
hangul, but larger, and with the ‘beam bent suddenly forwards at the 
trez-tine, so that the upper half overhangs the face, the number of 
points being usually five. The brow-tine is less constantly longer 
than the bez, the fifth tine is large and inclined inwards, and the 
terminal fork looks almost directly forwards. In a young stag 
from Sikhim, referred to this species, the colour of the thick winter- 
coat was very like that of the hangul, with a large white rump-patch ; 
the ears were large and bushy, the tail relatively short, and the general 
appearance wapiti-like (see P.7.S., 1909, p. 599). This fine stag 
