Skull and Antlers of Eastern Red Deer shot in the Western Caucasus by Mr. St. George Littledale. 



EASTERN BED DEER or MARAL (Cervus elaphus maral). 



In this race of the red deer, which probably intergrades with 

 the typical race in the western Carpathians, the height at the shoulder 

 reaches to about 4^- feet, and the build is stouter, the neck thicker, 

 and the head longer and more pointed than in the true red deer. 

 The reddish summer coat of immature animals is very generally 

 marked with numerous yellowish spots ; and the colour of the winter 

 coat is dark slaty gray on the back, with the tail-patch of a very bright 



