Mongoose and genets are numerous on these brush-clad hills, and martens (Mustela foina) breed in the crags.
Stags roar from mid-September, chiefly by night. Their summer coat is darker rather than redder than that of winter.
Farther east in Moréna, near Fuen-Caliente, already mentioned, very fine heads are also obtained. The same systems prevail, and the following measurements have been given us by the Marquéz del Mérito, taken from two stags shot at Risquillo in his forests of the Sierra Quintána, season 1906-7.
| Length. | Widest Inside. | Circ. at Burr. | Circ. above Bez. | Brow-Antler. | |
| No. 1 | 36¾” | 35” | 8¾” | 5½ ” | 12” |
| No. 2 | 40¼” | ... | 8¾” | 6” | 12” |
No. 1 carried 7 + 7 = 14 points, and weighed 224 lbs. clean.
No. 2 carried 8 + 7 = 15 points, besides several knobs.
Both are shown in photos annexed.
In the extreme east of the Sierra Moréna another culminating point of excellence appears to be attained—at Valdelagrana and Zamujar in the neighbourhood of Jäen—at least it is from that region that two of the largest examples came that we have yet seen in Spain. Both the magnificent heads below described were carefully measured by ourselves:—
| Points. | Length. | Widest Tips. | Widest Inside. | Circ. at Base. | Circ. above Bez. | Circ. below Corona. | |
| No. 1 | 16 | 40⅝” | 40½” | 31½” | 7½” | 5⅝ ” | 7¼” |
| No. 2 | 16 | 38¾” | 33½” | 28½” | ... | 5¾ ” | 7⅛” |
No. 1 was shot at Valdelagrana, Jäen, by Sr. D. Enrique Parladé, has five on each top, all strong points, brow-antler 14¼ inches. Both horns precisely equal, 40⅝ inches.