56 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Head of Mesopotamian Fallow Deer. From a specimen in the British Museum. 
The MESOPOTAMIAN FALLOW DEER (Cervus [Dama] mesopotamicus). 
Larger and brighter coloured than the ordinary fallow deer, with 
the spots near the middle of the back tending to form longitudinal 
stripes, and the tail wholly white. Antlers of a totally different type, 
being somewhat expanded at the origin of the trez-tine (which is 
large, and situated some distance above the short brow-tine), but at 
the summit only moderately flattened, and breaking up on the hind 
border into several snags. Weight about 24 stone, clean. 
Distribution.—The mountains of Luristan in Mesopotamian 
Persia and part of Asia Minor. 
Length 
on out- Circum- Tipto Spread a Width ern» at 
side ference. ‘Tip. inside. Points. of Palm. Locality. Owner. 
curve. 
-364 43 16% I2-+15 5$ arabogha, Asia  F. E. Whittall. 
Minor : 
—2 L 304 244 I10+11 4 Asia Minor . : Do. 
4 3 2 
214 32 144 O+7 a Do. ‘ . Paris Museum 
(Abbé David). 
20h. 5 14 6+5 ... Luristan Mts. . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
— Owner's m easurements. 
