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RECORDS ()/' JUG GAME 



Skull and Antlers of Varkand Stag. From Mr. A. O. Hume's specimen. 



YARKAND STAG (Cervus yarcandensis). 



This stag, which inhabits the Tarim Valley and Maralbashi in 

 Eastern Turkestan, differs markedly from the hangul by the large 

 and well-defined light rump-patch, which includes the tail ; and by the 

 general colour being light rufous fawn. The antlers are usually 

 5-tined, but by the development of a third snag to the crown may 

 become (as in the figure) 6-tined. They differ from those of the 



