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general colour uniform, typically with a large light rump- 

 patch ; young spotted. 



The distributional area includes Europe, North Africa, 

 Asia north of the outer range of the Himalaya, and North 

 America. 



The following is a " key " to the species : 



A. Muzzle dark ; hair of withers not reversed. 



<i. Light area of buttocks yellow, at least in 



region of tail. 



a'. Antlers with more than 5 tines, of which 

 the terminal ones are arranged irregularly 

 and often cupped ; tail longer ; under-parts 



not conspicuously darker than back C. elaphus. 



b'. Antlers generally with more than 5 tines, 

 of which the 4th is the largest, and, with 

 those above it, placed in a plane parallel 

 to axis of head; tail shorter; under-parts 



conspicuously darker than back C. canademis. 



c'. Antlers usually 5-tined, with the 4th tine 

 small and the two terminal ones forming 

 a fork placed transversely to long axis of 



face ; tail medium C. yarkandensis. 



b. Light area of buttocks white ; tail very short. 



a'. Muzzle mainly dark, lower lip and chin 



fawn or brown; ears long and pointed, 



with sinuous upper margins. 



a". A larger or smaller white rump -patch ; 



antlers (5-tined) sharply angulated and 



bent forwards at 3rd tine, in such a 



manner that tips of the 5th are inclined 



inwards C. ivallichi. 



b". White area restricted to hind aspect of 

 hams ; a brownish patch on croup in 



advance of tail; antlers wapiti-like C. macneilli. 



b'. Muzzle pale fawn, lower lip and chin 

 white ; ears bluntly pointed, with straight 

 upper margins; antlers approximating to 

 those of C. ivallichij but less bent for- 

 wards ; white area of buttocks much as in 

 C. macneilli C. cashmiriensis. 



B. Muzzle white ; hair of withers reversed C. albirostris. 



XV. CEKVUS ELAPHUS. 



Cervus elaphus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 66, 1758, ed. 12, 

 vol. i, p. 93, 1766 ; Ken-, Linn.'s Anim. Kingdom, p. 298, 1793 ; 

 F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. i, pis. 93 and 94, 1820; 

 Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, ed. 2, vol. iv, p. 24, 1823 ; H. Smith, 

 Griffith' 's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, p. iv, p. 90, 1827 ; Jenyns, 



