24 THE MAMMALS OF THE WOODS 



they are still to be found. In Sardinia and Corsica they are distinguished by their 

 inferior size, and in Morocco and Algiers they often lack the bez-tine ; each of 

 these deer forming a separate race, as does the red deer of the Caucasus. In 

 Siberia the place of the red deer is taken by local races of the wapiti of America. 

 The favourite resorts of red deer are extensive forest, although they do not 



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RED DEER IN THE FOREST. 



everywhere keep to the forest. In Scotland they live in the mountains, where 

 they find shelter in the valleys and ravines. A stag changes its abode only during 

 the rutting-season, or when shifting its coat, or when it cannot get sufficient food. 

 In winter deer are often driven by the snow from the mountains to the lower 

 hills and plains, where they seek safe and sheltered places, to return to their old 

 haunts in spring. So long as the antlers are soft, stags prefer staying among 



