BULLET AND SHOT 



of the usual trifurcation in the case of the Cash- 

 mere stag, is a marked point of difference between 

 the horns of the two species, and in the horns of 

 the Sikkim stag, the beam is more bent at the origin 

 of the median tine. 



The habitat of this stag is the eastern Himalayas, 

 and according to Jerdon, who quotes Dr. Campbell, 

 the Choombi valley on the Sikkim side of Thibet. 



The horns of this stag are magnificent, and those 

 of the three best heads mentioned in Rowland 

 Ward's Horn Measurements measure in length 

 55|. 54t 55i; an ^ in girth 6J, 6f, 6 inches 

 respectively. The first of these heads carries 

 thirteen, and the second and third ten points 

 each. 



The vernacular name for this stag is 

 In Thibet Shou. 



THE BROW-ANTLERED OR ELD'S DEER 

 (Rucervus vel Panolia Eldit) 



Of this deer, the "thamine" of Burmah, Stern- 

 dale says that it stands from twelve to thirteen 

 hands, that in colour it is in summer "a light 

 rufous brown, with a few faint indications of white 

 spots ; the under parts and insides of ears nearly 

 white ; the tail short and black above." He adds 

 that it is said to turn darker in winter. 



Eld's deer was discovered only some seventy 

 years ago. Its great peculiarity lies in the extra- 

 ordinary shape of the horns in which the burr is 



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