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passed the firing-line, and every gun enjoyed his chance—several 
more than one. In the result, six stags were killed—three by 
our host, one by his son. Though carrying 12, 11, 10, and 10 
points respectively, none of these four were of exceptional merit, 
and the best, a 14-pointer, fell to the Duke of Medinaceli. 
The clean weight of these, the largest stags, is usually between 
11} and 12 arrobas, or 287 to 300 lbs. English. One exceptionally 
heavy stag killed by our host’s son, Juan Calvo, Junr., and which 
had received some injury in the testes, resulting in a malformation 
of the horn, weighed no less than 164 arrobas, or 412 lbs. English. 
Full-grown wild-boars at Mezquitillas average about 7 arrobas, 
or 175 lbs., clean—one specially big boar reached 8 arrobas, or 
200 lbs. Wolves, though abundant, are but rarely shot in 
montertas for the reasons already given. During the period 
covered by these notes only two were killed in monterfas—one 
by Sr. Calvo, Junr., the other by Colonel Barrera. Wild-pigs 
breed as a rule in March, and to some extent gregatim, or in 
little colonies, which is supposed to be as a protection against the 
wolves; the lair (cama) being a regular nest made among thick 
scrub, and roofed over by the foliage. Lynxes, like wolves, are 
rarely seen. This year, four (a female, with three full-grown cubs) 
were held-up by the dogs, and all killed in one thicket. 
Mongoose and genets are numerous on these brush-clad hills, 
and martens (Mustela foina) breed in the crags. 
Stags roar from mid-September, chiefly by night. Their 
summer coat is darker rather than redder than that of winter. 
Farther east in Moréna, near Fuen-Caliente, already mentioned, 
very fine heads are also obtained. The same systems prevail, and 
the following measurements have been given us by the Marquéz 
del Mérito, taken from two stags shot at Risquillo in his forests 
of the Sierra Quintdna, season 1906-7. 
Cire. at Burr. Cire. above Bez. Brow- Antler. 
Length. | Widest Inside. 
No. 1 363” 35” 82" 54” 12” 
No. 2 40}" ae 82” 6” 19” 
No. 1 carried 7 +7 = 14 points, and weighed 224 lbs. clean. 
No. 2 carried 8+7 =15 points, besides several knobs. 
