364 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



above the burr ; and each prong of the main fork again divides atter a 

 short course, the upper prong being usually the larger. Five a side is the 

 general number of points ; but specimens with a much larger number of 

 tines are by no means unusual. The largest pair ot antlers ot this 

 species recorded by Mr. Rowland Ward measure 24^ inches along the 



> 



,.f^v^-> .?y «<-Ji— -■ -J -■ 



Fui. 75. — Yuung Marsh-Dccr at Wobuni Abbey. Photugraplicd by (he 

 Duchess of Bedford. 



outer curve, with a basal girth of 5 inches, and a tip-to-tip interval of 16 

 inches ; the widest span between the beams being 18 inches. 



When Deer of All hands was written no mounted specimen of the 

 marsh-deer was exhibited in the British Museum ; and the author was not 

 then aware that the hair on the withers is reversed. A handsome male, 

 with good antlers, now forms a part of the fine series ot deer exhibited to 

 the public in the Museum. 



