HANGUL OR KASHMIR STAG 



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In winter the general colour of the coat is brown, brownish ash, or 

 liver-colour, with the hairs speckled ; the light area on the inner side 

 of the buttocks being dirty white, with a blackish line on the inner 

 sides of the thighs, the upper side of the tail black, and the lips, chin, 

 and inner surface of the ears white or whitish. In the fawns the 

 spotting is stated to remain much longer than in the red deer. In the 

 pairing season the old stags squeal like a wapiti, instead of roaring in 

 the red-deer fashion. 



The hangul inhabits the forest districts of the north side of the 

 vale of Kashmir and some of the neighbouring valleys, at elevations 

 ranging from 9000 to 12,000 feet in summer, but descending to about 

 5000 feet in winter. The height at the shoulder varies from about 

 4 feet to 4 feet 4 inches ; the average weight being about 450 Ibs. 



The finest pair of antlers of which Mr. A. O. Hume has any record 

 were given by Raja Gulab Sing to Colonel King, then commanding 

 the 1 4th Dragoons. On his death they passed to Captain Prettyjohn 

 of the same regiment. What became of these antlers Mr. Hume was 

 never able to ascertain, but he measured them at Meerut in 1852 or 

 1853, and the record stands, R. 52, L. 53-^, measured along the curve 

 inside. Girth 10 inches at burr, and 7 half-way between bez and trez 

 tines. They were a very wide-branching, symmetrical pair. 



Length 



side 

 curve. 



bez and 

 trez. 



74 



? Tip. inside. 



Locality. 



J 4 33 7 + 5 Sidar Valley . 

 Kashmir 

 Do. 

 Do. 



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6 

 7i 



6 + 6 Kashmir . 

 Do. 

 Do. 



5 + 5 Lidar Valley . 

 314 442 5 + 5 Kishenganga Valley 

 2 7l 38| 4 + 4 Sind Valley . 

 3i 4I 5 + 5 Do. . 



Owner. 



K. S. Laurie. 



The late Dr. Leith Adams. 



Bombay Natural History Society. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Duke of Wellington. 



Lieut. -Col. A. E. Ward. 



(British Museum) Hume Collec- 

 tion. 

 Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



Major -Gen. Sir R. Pole-Carew, 



K.C.B. 

 Queen's Own Corps of Guides. 



Do. 



J. V. Phelps. 

 P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 



