RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



- Owner's measurements. 



^.CARPATHIAN RED DEER (Cervus elaphus var.) 



The Carpathian red deer, as represented in the Marmaros district, 

 appears to be to a great extent intermediate between the western and 

 eastern races of the species, having the short face, complex antlers, 

 and red-brown summer coat of the former, but tending to show the 

 blackness of the under parts characteristic of the latter. The red is 

 perhaps less bright than in the western, and the black less abundant 

 than in the eastern race. 



A stunted form of the maral or eastern race also occurs in the Mar- 

 maros forest, where it is locally known as the Polish, or wandering, stag. 



Sorne of the antlers catalogued under the heading of the eastern 

 race probably belong to the present form. 



