104 DR. S. F. HARMER ON CERVUS BELGRANDI FROM 
Tue AFFINITIES OF CERVUS BELGRANDI. 
It is now generally accepted that the Irish Deer (C. giganteus)! and its allies are 
members of the Damine group. The particular position which C. belgrandi should 
occupy in this group has not hitherto received adequate consideration, in consequence 
of the imperfect condition of all the previously described examples. It appears to me 
that Cervus belgrandi combines in a most interesting manner the characters of 
C. dama aud its fossil allies (C. brown?, &c.) and of the series of forms including the 
irish Deer. Many specimens of ©. dama agree precisely with C. belgrandi in 
the number and position of the tines and in the general character of the palmation, 
The principal differences between the two forms are: (1) the more horizontal position 
of the beam in C. belgrandi; (2) the position and characteristic downward curve 
of the first tine in that species; and (5) the existence of a scalloped edge of the 
crown in C. belgrandi, as distinguished from that of C. dama, which is prolonged 
into more definite tines. Both species agree in the absence of points on the 
anterior edge of the crown. ‘The palmated region includes the back-tine in C. dama, 
whereas in C. belgrandi there is a distinct constriction between the back-tine and the 
palmation. The comparative suddenness with which the expansion begins in this species 
is probably the reason why its real character has not hitherto been suspected. 
Right antler of Cervus dana, believed to be of preglacial age, from Belzig. 10 miles S.W. of Berlin ; 
seen from the inner side. (After Keilhack.) 
1 «Manuel d’Hist. Nat., traduit de l’allemand de J. F. Blumenbach,’ ii. 1803, p. 407. 
