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page 23 oi Mr. Rowland Ward's Rt'con/s of Big Game be compared with 

 those oF the antlers of Caspian red deer, catalogued on page 33 of the same 

 work, it will be apparent that the superiority in this respect is on the side 

 of the former, although, as might be expected, there are certain individual 



Fic. 51. — Head of an Aged (r Caspian) Red Deer with one Antler. Shot by the late 

 Cotmt Arthur Potocki in Eastern Galieia, 1888. 



exceptions. It also appears that when a cup is formed by these antlers it is 

 less complex than in the true red deer, and the fourth tine (as in Figs. 52 

 and 53) is more distinct from the summit of the crown. 



Doubt still exists as to whether the deer from the Eastern Carpathians 

 should be referred to the western or the eastern race, and it is quite 



