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[Nov. 19, 



Sclat. Trans. Z. S. vol. vii. p. 336, pi. 29. 



(Ogilby) remain as yet unknown ; and it is fully possible that the 

 Deer met with by some of the celebrated travellers above quoted may 

 have appertained to one or more of these species. 



27. Cervus eustephanus. 



1875. Cervus eustephanus, Blanf. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 638, fig. 



Hab. Thian-Shan mountains. 



This species is only known from its antlers, which are of immense 

 size. Specimens which I have seen, in their great size and flattened 

 crowns so closely resemble antlers of Cervus canadensis that it would 

 be impossible to decide to which species they had belonged. 



28. Cervus maral. 



1840. Cervus maral, Ogilby, Rep. Counc. Zool. Soc. 1840, 

 p. 22. 



1871. 



Hab. Circassia, Persia. 



Cervus maral differs in a marked manner from the allied species 

 C. elaphus and C. cashmeerianus in the much greater length of its face, 

 as shown by the table given below. The Red Deer of which the 

 measurements are there given was a remarkably large old male. A 

 pair of Cervus maral, which lived at large in one of my parks for 

 some years, kept entirely apart from the Red Deer inhabiting the 

 same park. They bred together; and during the rutting-season the 

 species never showed the faintest desire to cross. This was the more 

 remarkable as the old stag Maral, though considerably larger in size, 

 lived in great fear of the Red Deer stags, which during that season 

 roamed incessantly through the park in search of hinds, but at all 

 times treated the female Maral with sovereign disdain, although at 

 any moment they could have taken possession of her had they so 

 desired. 



The limits of the eastern range of Cervus maral are as yet un- 

 defined. 



Total length of skull 

 From occ. prominence to 



ant. rim of orbit ... 

 From ant. rim of orbit 



to free extremity of the 



prsemaxillse 



Length of upper molar 



and premolar series ... 



Cervus maral. 



Eng. in. 

 18 



76 



11 

 5 



metre 

 0457 



0-193 



0-280 

 0127 



Cervus elaphus. 



Eng. in. 

 16 



7-5 



9 

 4-5 



metre 

 0-405 



0190 



0-229 

 0-114 



C. cashmeerianus. 



Eng. in. 

 16 



8-8 

 4-5 



metre 

 0-405 



0178 



0-223 

 0114 



29. Cervus cashmeerianus. 



1839. Cervus cashmeerianus, Falconer, MS. (non vidi). 



1871. , Sclat. Trans. Z. S. vol. vii. p. 339, pi. 30. 



Hab. Cashmere. 



The voice of the Cashmere Stag in the rutting-season differs greatly 



