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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



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



SHOU or SIKHIM STAG (Cervus affinis). 



A very large stag with antlers of the general type of those of the 

 hangul, but larger, and with the beam bent suddenly forwards at the 

 trez-tine, so that the upper half overhangs the face, the number of 

 points being usually five. The brow -tine is less constantly longer 

 than the bez, the fifth tine is large and inclined inwards, and the 

 terminal fork looks almost directly forwards. General colour pale 

 rufous brown, with a light rump-patch in winter and light rings round 

 the eyes. 



According to Mr. Claude White, Commissioner of Sikhim, this fine 



