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yellow, and a large amount of black on the shoulders, thighs, and under 

 parts. The large and massive antlers are generally less complex than 

 those of the typical race, the number of points being seldom more than 

 eight on a side, and frequently only six ; while the bez tine, which may 

 be wanting, is often shorter than the long and upwardly curved brow 

 tine, and the fourth tine is generally more distinct from the crown. 

 The average weight is given as about 40 stone. 



The typical locality of this race of red deer is the Caspian provinces 

 of Northern Persia, whence it extends into the Crimea, and probably 

 Asia Minor, and so on into Transcaucasia, the Caucasus, probably 

 Circassia, and the Galician Carpathians. The exact limits between 

 the range of this and the typical race are not yet determined ; and it 

 is noteworthy that specimens from the Caucasus have shorter faces 

 than those from Northern Persia, and thus approximate to the true 

 red deer. In Asia the term " maral " is applied not only to this 

 animal, but also to Bedford's Deer and the Altai Wapiti. 



Length p. ■ 



°sidr-?r=re; W;? Sr Sp-d. Points, mated Locality. Owner, 



curve. ^ ■ 



St. lbs. 



484 6 30 41J ... 5 + 6 ... Ichater Dagh, H.R.H. theDukeofSaxe- 



Crimea Coburg and Gotha. 



484 7i (single antler) ... 12 ... Asia Minor . Lord A. Hay, British 



Museum. 

 48 7 J ... ... ... ... Caucasus . St. George Littledale. 



47g S4 38 6 + 5 ... Do. . . Do. 



47 7i 36 37i ■•• 6+7 ... Do. . Do. 



46! 5| 18 33 ... 8 + 8 ... Do. Do. British 



Museum, 

 4SS 78 25 J 35§ ... 8 + 8 ... Do. . St. George Littledale. 



-4S4 8J 65i ... ... 14 ... Do. Grand Duke Mikhaelo- 



vitch. 

 45 J 7 J 32I 4oi 46 8 + 8 ... Do. . Prince Demidoff. 



4Sl Sf 42 35i - 6 + 7 ... Ak Dagh, F. C. Selous. 



Asia Minor 

 45* 7j ... ... ... 9 + 6 ... Asia Minor . Sir Edmund G. Loder, 



Bart. 

 -45 8 36 42 ... II + 10 53 4 Caucasus . Prince Demidoff. 



44S 6i 33S 3Si ■•■ 7 + S ••■ ^°- • St. George Littledale. 



44J 6 J (single antler) ... 9 ... Asia Minor . C. G. Danford, British 



Museum. 

 43J 6 ... 40 ... 8 + 6 ... Asia Minor . M. Le C. Findlay. 



434 6J 21J 35 ... 7 + 7 ... Caucasus . St. George Littledale. 



434 5 J '6 28 ... 6 + 6 ... Crimea. . Earl of Dunmore. 



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