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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skull and Antlers of Shou. From A. O. Hume's specimen. 



THE SHOU (Cervus affinis). 



A very large stag with antlers of the general type of those of the 

 hangul, but larger, and with the beam bent suddenly forward at the 

 trez tine, so that the upper half overhangs the face, the number of 

 points being usually five ; the brow tine is less constantly longer than 

 the bez. General colour probably rufous brown, with a light tail-patch 

 in winter. 



The habitat of this imperfectly known deer appears to be the 

 districts immediately north of Bhutan, and probably the valley east- 

 wards of Chumbi, which drains northwards into the Sangpo. An 

 apparently allied, although smaller, deer is found in Russian Turkestan 

 (Bokhara or Khiva). 



