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THE KASHMIR STAG OR HUNGAL. 
Cervus Cashmirianus or Cervus Wallichii. Native names: Ilungal, 
Miayamar, Kashmir. Often called Barasingha by Natives. 
Habitat. —The Kashmir Valley between 9,000 and 12,000 ft. in summer, 
lower in winter, also in parts of Cliumba adjoining Kashmir. 
Period of gestation— Six months; the young are born in April, 
Description .—Brown to dark liver colour ; whitish caudal disc ; sides and 
limbs paler ; lips, chin, ears whitish. Fawns spotted till the third or fourth 
year. The horns have brow, bez and trez and royal tynes. Adults usually 
carry five points. Males generally solitary. Small heads in summer, larger 
in winter. Horns shed in March ; new horns not perfect till October. They 
roam from forest to forest, prefer grassy glades and love water. 
Measurements —Average height at shoulder, 48 ins. ; length from nose to 
tail 7 ft.; tail, 5 ins. Average horns, 40 ins.; ins. girth at mid beam. Average 
weight, 450 lbs. 
Record Heads. —There is a very fine head in the Bombay Natural History 
Society’s Museum, the measurements of which are as follow :—Length 4/ ins.; 
circum. 7f ins ; tip to tip 21 ins.; spread 36 ins.; points 12. Sterndale gives 
details of one of 47 ins, by 7f ins. girth. Col, A. E. Ward sends me details 
