404 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [voL. 48 
Robert Collett) a splendid stag of the west Norwegian deer which 
fully bears out the distinctness of this form from the typical Swedish 
Cervus elaphus. At the same time, it shows that Lonnberg’s ma- 
terial was not sufficient to establish the range of individual variation 
in the Norwegian deer, and, moreover, it most completely demon- 
strates the identity of the Scotch deer with that of Norway. The 
necessity for scrutinizing it more in detail is therefore obvious. 
No. 143,179 U. S. N. M., an adult male, killed at Gloppen, Nord- 
fjord, Norway (about 61° 45’ north lat.), on March 12, 1906, is 
consequently from the most typical and central part of the Nor- 
wegian habitat. It is a full-grown animal (pl. Lxvm) with five 
points on one, and six on the other antler, though it is not very old as 
shown by the molars not being worn at all. The bez tine is a mere 
rudiment on one side, while on the other it is quite small, less than 
one third as long as the brow tine. The latter forms an obtuse 
angle of about 110° with the beam. 
As might be expected, the skull is somewhat larger than those 
of the young Norwegian stags described by Lonnberg, the basi- 
cranial length being 341 mm. though not 
so large as his “very old and big stag” 
with the corresponding length of 352 mm. 
The nasals are comparatively short 
and wide, though not excessively so. 
The ratio between “the combined great- 
ae = est width of both nasals” and “the 
length of the nasals,’”’ the one selected by 
E Lonnberg to represent that fact, is 
Pe 1:2.71. It consequently lies between 
the extremes of the two Scotch stags, 
Fic. 124.—Diagram showing : i 
the curvature-of thé masala 2S guecasured /by--him pa .20)) mamas 
bones of Cervus atlanticus, 1:3-+ and 1:2.6 respectively, as well 
no. 143,179 U. S. N. M. as between his ratios for the seven 
Cross sections at three 2 2 ; ‘ 
different pointe: Norwegian young stags and hinds, viz., 
Le 7 at. ee 
But—the nasals are mot flattened, as they should be if that char- 
acter were a valid one for the distinction of the Norwegian deer. 
On the contrary, as will be seen from the accompanying diagram 
(fig. 124) which represents the upper surface of the nasals in cross 
section at their widest part (a), at a point opposite the posterior end 
of the premaxillaries (c), and at a point halfway between the two 
other points (b), the roof of the nose in this individual is very much 
convex. Moreover, as will be seen in the photograph of the profile of 
