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The Scottish Naturalist 



No. 32.] 1914 [August 



EDITORIAL. 



Many books and papers of interest have come under our 

 notice since our last issue. Among them we may first call 

 attention to a handsome volume recently issued from the 

 offices of Country Life, under the title of British Deer Heads. 

 The work, which should be of much interest to Scottish 

 naturalists and sportsmen, consists essentially of 225 

 well - executed process - blocks illustrating the heads of 

 Red Deer, Fallow Deer, and Roe Deer from all parts 

 of the British Islands, together with half a dozen Red 

 Deer from South Island, New Zealand. Five of the last 

 mentioned are the descendants of two stags and five hinds 

 introduced into Otago in 1870, while the sixth originates from 

 a herd established in South Canterbury in 1897. The Scottish 

 examples of Red Deer, 145 in number, show an interesting 

 variety in the form of the antlers ; and since in each case 

 full particulars are given, including the locality, date, number 

 of points, weight, and measurements of length, beam, and 

 inside span, much can be learned from a careful study of 

 this fine series of pictures. From the title-page we learn 

 that the volume forms an illustrated record of an exhibition 

 organised by the publishers in June and July of last year. 

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