Caspian Red Deer 



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possible that they form the connecting link, between the two. In many 

 Carpathian heads (as in some of those in the collection ot Mr. E. N. 

 Buxton) the bez-tine of the antlers is very short, and may even be wanting. 

 The same feature is often observable in antlers from the Crimea ; and this 



Fig. 52. — Frontlet and Antlers of Caspian (.') Red Deer from the Carpathians. 

 Powerscoiirt Collection. 



has led Herr A. Brauner, in a paper entitled E/n/'ge Bcincrkungcn iwber den 

 Rdellursch in der Krim^ to the conclusion that the deer of the Crimea are 

 referable to the western race ot the species, as are also those from the 

 Carpathians. And it is considered that the small development or absence 

 of the bez-tine in these deer is indicative of affinity with the red deer of 



^ Odessa, 1900. 



