ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS 



Owner's measurements and particulars or other known authority. 



<J Male. ? Female. ... Unrecorded. 



R, Right horn or antler. L, Left horn or antler. 



Measurements are on the outside of the longest horn from base to tip ; with 

 Deer from the bottom edge of burr, or coronet, to the highest tip-point, except 

 when notified to the contrary. 



Circumference is at the base ; with Deer above brow-tine ; in the Red Deer 

 and Wapiti group between bez and trez tines. 



Length is expressed in inches, when not otherwise stated. 



Weights taken in the field should be accepted as approximate, and, unless 

 mentioned, are of adult males. 



Heights are in most cases taken at the shoulder of adult males (see p. 488). 



