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animal, the tormer being the type of Ccrviis iiiaral, as is the latter of 

 C. claphus. Assuming this view to be correct, the name of the eastern race, 

 according to modern views of nomenclature, will be Ccrvus elaphiis waral. 

 After much study the writer has come to the conclusion that it is 



KiG. 50. — Front \''ic\v ot Head ot (r Caspian) Red Deer. Shot by Prince Henry of Liechtenstein at 

 Tartarow, Carpathians, in iSg,. Number ot points, 14; length along outer curve, 46 inches; 

 greatest width inside, 36 inches. 



exceedingly difficult, it not impossible, to give anv definition by which 

 antlers of the Caspian red deer (as the eastern race may be colloquially 

 termed) are distinguishable from those ot the true red deer. It, however, 

 the number ot points on the antlers of ancient British red deer entered on 



