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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Antlers of Caspian Red Deer. P'rom a Hungarian specimen in the collection ot Viscount 

 Powerscourt. Counting from the skull upwards, the first tine is the brow, the second the 

 bez, and the third the trez, above which come the surroyals, or crown. The main shaft is 

 termed the beam. 



RED DEER (Cervus elaphus). 



The red deer of Western Europe is the typical representative of 

 the genus Cervus, in which the antlers of the males are set on the skull 

 at an oblique angle to the middle line of the forehead, and always have 

 a brow tine, while they are generally more or less nearly cylindrical, 

 although sometimes palmated. There is always a large bare portion 

 on the muzzle, the face is long, the ears are generally large, and the 

 tail is comparatively short, often extremely so. Although there is 

 almost always a gland and tuft on the hind cannon-bone, usually situated 

 high up, there is none on the hock itself The coat may be spotted. 



In the red deer the antlers are subcylindrical and complex, 

 generally with a bez tine, and always with a trez, the number of points 

 exceeding five, and the crown frequently forming a cup. The tail is 

 relatively long and pointed, and there is a distinct light-coloured patch 

 on the buttocks, which includes the tail ; the general colour of the adult 

 summer coat being reddish brown, and that of the winter dress grayish 

 brown, while the young are profusely spotted. 



