The Hangul, or Kashmir Stag 



division. Three is the minimum number of tines 

 met with in the antlers of this genus. There are other 

 distinctive features of the group, of which mention 

 may be omitted on the present occasion. 



The deer of the genus Cervus may be divided into 

 five subgeneric groups, of which three are met with in 



Fig. 32. — Hangul Stag at Wobuni Abbey, photographed by the Duchess of Bidford. 



the area treated ot in the present volume. In the 

 typical group (to which belong the larger species, in- 

 clusive of the hangul) the antlers are rounded, and 

 usually bear five or more tines, among which there is 

 generally a bez (second) and always a trez (third). In 

 adult stags the coat is more or less completely devoid 

 of spots, and has a large light-coloured rump-patch 

 generally surrounding the tail ; but in the youno^ it is 

 marked with rows of light spots. 



The hangul, as it is called in its native country,^ 

 may be regarded as the Kashmir representative of the 



^ Kashmiri shikaris only apply the term Barasingha to this deer when 

 addressing Europeans. 



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