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Show 912 SIR V. BROOKE ON THE [Nov. 19, (Ogilby) remain as yet unknown ; and it is fully possible that the Deer met with by some of the celebrated travellers above quoted may have appertained to one or more of these species. 27. CERVUS EUSTEPHANUS. 1875. Cervus eustephanus, Blanf. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 638, fig. Hab. Thian-Shan mountains. This species is only known from its antlers, which are of immense size. Specimens which I have seen, in their great size and flattened crowns so closely resemble antlers of Cervus canadensis that it would be impossible to decide to which species they had belonged. 28. CERVUS MARAL. 1840. Cervus maral, Ogilby, Rep. Counc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 22. 1871. , Sclat. Trans. Z. S. vol. vii. p. 336, pl. 29. Hab. Circassia, Persia. Cervus maral differs in a marked manner from the allied species C. elaphus and C. cashmeerianus in the much greater length of its face, as shown by the table given below. The Red Deer of which the measurements are there given was a remarkably large old male. A pair of Cervus maral, which lived at large in one of m y parks for some years, kept entirely apart from the Red Deer inhabiting the same park. They bred together; and during the rutting-season the species never showed the faintest desire to cross. This was the more remarkable as the old stag Maral, though considerably larger in size, lived in great fear of the Red Deer stags, which during that season roamed incessantly through the park in search of hinds, but at all times treated the female Maral with sovereign disdain, although at any moment they could have taken possession of her had they so desired. The limits of the eastern range of Cervus maral are as yet undefined. Total lengtb of skull ... From occ. prominence to ant. rim of orbit From ant. rim of orbit to free extremity of tbe Lepnrg £tebm axoifl lau3p per molar and premolar series ... Cervus maral. Eng. in. 18 7-6 11 5 metre 0*457 0193 0-280 0127 Cervus elaphus. Eng. in. 16 7-5 9 4-5 metre 0405 0190 0-229 0-114 C. cashmeerianus. Eng. in. 16 7 8-8 4-5 metre 0-405 0-178 0-223 0-114 29. CERVUS CASHMEERIANUS. 1839. Cervus cashmeerianus, Falconer, MS. (non vidi). 1871. , Sclat. Trans. Z. S. vol. vii. p. 339, pl. 30. Hab. Cashmere. The voice of the Cashmere Stag in the rutting-season differs greatly |