. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London . the characters ofC. dama and its fossil allies (C browni, &c.) and of the series of forms including theIrish Deer. Many specimens of C. dama agree precisely with C. belgrandi inthe number and position of the tines and in the general character of the principal differences between the two forms are : (1) the more horizontal positionof the beam in C. belgrandi; (2) the position and characteristic downward curveof the first tine in that species; and (3) the existence of a scalloped edge of thecrown in C. belgrandi, as distinguished
. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London . the characters ofC. dama and its fossil allies (C browni, &c.) and of the series of forms including theIrish Deer. Many specimens of C. dama agree precisely with C. belgrandi inthe number and position of the tines and in the general character of the principal differences between the two forms are : (1) the more horizontal positionof the beam in C. belgrandi; (2) the position and characteristic downward curveof the first tine in that species; and (3) the existence of a scalloped edge of thecrown in C. belgrandi, as distinguished from that of C. dama, prolongedinto more definite tines. Both species agree in the absence of points on theanterior edge of the crown. The palmated region includes the back-tine in C. dama,whereas in C. belgrandi there is a distinct constriction between the back-tine and thepalmation. The comparative suddenness with which the expansion begins in this speciesis probably the reason why its real character has not hitherto been Eight antler of Cervus dama, believed to be of preglacial age, from Belzig, 10 miles of Berlin ; seen from the inner side. (After Keilhack.) ; Manuel dHist. Eat., traduit de lallemand de J. F. Blumenbach, ii. 1803, p. 407. THE FOREST-BED OP EAST ANGLIA. 105 A most interesting specimen, referred to Cervus dama, has been described by Keilhackxfrom Belzig, 10 miles south-west of Berlin. It would not be easy to find a specimenaffording a more complete transition from C. helgrandi to the modern C. dama thanthis one, and I have accordingly reproduced one of Keilhacks figures of the right antler(woodcut, p. 104). The specimen far exceeds in size all the Fallow-deer measured byKeilhack, the base of the beam being no less than 180 mm. in circumference, as com-pared with 132 mm., the mean of the measurements of the recent individuals given by thesame author. It further approaches C. belgrandim the scalloped edge of the posteriorpart of the p
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