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Ha b i tat , — Kashmir. 



This fine stag is more like the Canadian Wapiti than 

 our English red-deer. The voice in the Wapiti an d Bar a 

 Singh a is the same, being a loud squeal with a gutteral 

 ending, whereas the red-deer has a distinct roar. The 

 second, brow antler (or bez tine) ,as a general rule 

 exceeds the brow antler in length which is not the 

 case with the English stag. Of the four heads in this 

 collection all are above the average and two are fine. 



No. 53.— Cervus MaraL— The Persian Stag. 

 Habitat. — Circassia and Persia. 



This stag is allied to the former but has a longer 

 and more pointed head. Sir Victor Brooke kept a 

 pair in oue of his parks but they never interbred with 

 the red-deer but kept aloof from them and the old 

 stag maral though considerably larger in size lived in 

 great fear of the red-deer stag. 



No. 54.— Cervulus aureus. — The Rib Faced 

 deer or Muntjac. 



Habitat. — All over India, Burmah, Ceylon and the 

 Malayan countries, 



