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Show 638 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON A N E W STAG. [Dec. 7, form of the burr and its probable position with reference to the head, the horns must have bent somewhat towards each other at the tips. The brow and bez antlers are close together, the former slightly exceeding the latter in length ; and the bez, again, is a little longer than the royal or third tine. The greatest peculiarity is in the form of the crown. Above the royal the beam curves gently inwards; and some distance above it is bent rather suddenly backwards ; and at this Outer view of the right horn of Cervus eustephanus. |